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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-chested Babbler
- English (UK)
- Grey-chested Babbler
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1900)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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