Scaly-breasted illadopsis

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Scaly-breasted illadopsis
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Song recorded in Kaimosi Forest, Kenya
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Illadopsis
Species:
I. albipectus
Binomial name
Illadopsis albipectus
(Reichenow, 1888)

The scaly-breasted illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is widespread throughout the Congo Basin, with a few isolated pockets in northern Angola, Uganda and South Sudan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, specifically in the understory and lower levels. [2]

It is sedentary. [2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Illadopsis albipectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22715895A94474411. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715895A94474411.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Staniewicz, Agata; Sokołowska, Emilia; Budka, Michał (March 2024). "Contrasting acoustic-space competition avoidance strategies in Afrotropical forest birds". Animal Behaviour. 209: 191–202. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.01.006 . ISSN   0003-3472.