White-chested Alethe (Chamaetylas fuelleborni)

Other Names (World)
White-chested Alethe, White-breasted Alethe, Fuelleborn's Alethe

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1900)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

North-eastern Tanzania south to extreme north-eastern Zambia and northern Malawi, and south-central Mozambique.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

White-chested Alethe (Chamaetylas fuelleborni) [XC429574]
by Frank Lambert from Vicongwa Camp area, Udzungwa NP, Iringa Region, Tanzania (song)

White-chested Alethe (Chamaetylas fuelleborni) [XC312011]
by Frank Lambert from Chowo Forest patch, Nyika NP, Zambia (song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Brown-chested Alethe (Chamaetylas poliocephala), Red-throated Alethe (Chamaetylas poliophrys) and Thyolo Alethe (Chamaetylas choloensis). Varies clinally in size, and considerable individual variation in back colour exists. Northern populations described as subspecies usambarae, on basis of general absence of scaling on breast, but this character not constant.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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