White-tailed alethe

The white-tailed alethe (Alethe diademata) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in western Africa from Senegal to Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

White-tailed alethe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Alethe
Species:
A. diademata
Binomial name
Alethe diademata
(Bonaparte, 1850)

It was recently split into two species from the fire-crested alethe (A. castanea).[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Alethe diademata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22730755A132033643. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22730755A132033643.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.


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