Brown-chested alethe

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Brown-chested alethe
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C. p. carruthersi in Kakamega Forest
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Chamaetylas
Species:
C. poliocephala
Binomial name
Chamaetylas poliocephala
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Pseudalethe poliocephalaBonaparte, 1850
  • Alethe poliocephala(Bonaparte, 1850)

The brown-chested alethe (Chamaetylas poliocephala) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It has a discontinuous range of presence across the African tropical rainforest.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Taxonomy

The brown-chested alethe was formally described in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte based on a manuscript by Coenraad Temminck. Bonaparte gave the binomial name as Trichophorus (Griniger) and the locality as Africa. The locality has been restricted to the island of Bioko (formally Fernando Po). [2] [3] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek polios meaning "grey" with -kephalos meaning "-headed". [4] The brown-chested alethe is now one of four species placed in the genus Chamaetylas that was introduced in 1860 by Ferdinand Heine. [5]

Nine subspecies are recognised: [5]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Chamaetylas poliocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22708992A131950695. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708992A131950695.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Bonaparte, Charles Lucian (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 262.
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 63.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 312. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 July 2023.