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Grey-chested Babbler

Kakamega poliothorax(Reichenow, A, 1900)

English (US) Gray-chested Babbler

UK name: Grey-chested Babbler

The Grey-chested Babbler (Kakamega poliothorax) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Modulatricidae (Dapple-throat and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: southeastern Nigeria to southern Cameroon, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western Kenya; BiokoRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Kakamega poliothorax
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Gray-chested Babbler
English (UK)
Grey-chested Babbler
Described by
(Reichenow, A, 1900)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Alethe poliothorax
Described by
(Reichenow, A, 1900)
Type locality
'Bangwa,' Cameroons [= 'an elevated district at about 5° 15' N., 10° 25' E., with peaks rising to 5,000 ft.,' fide Serle, 1951, in Bannerman, Birds Trop. West Afr., 8, p. 378].
Original description
Ornithologische Monatsberichte 8 p.6

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 3 species of the family Modulatricidae