Thrushes (Turdidae)
Moorland Chat (Pinarochroa sordida) - HBW 10, p. 791
French: Traquet afroalpin
German: Almenschmätzer
Spanish: Colinegro Abisinio
Other common names: Hill/Mountain/Alpine Chat
Taxonomy: Saxicola sordida Rüppell, 1837, Simen, Ethiopia.
Close to Cercomela, but differs in longer tarsus and shorter tail, and in Oenanthe-like tail pattern. Proposed race rudolfi (Mt Elgon, in Kenya) synonymized with ernesti. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sordida ( Rüppell, 1837) - Ethiopia.
- ernesti Sharpe, 1900 - E Uganda and C Kenya.
- olimotiensis Elliott, 1945 - Crater Highlands (N Tanzania).
- hypospodia Shelley, 1885 - Mt Kilimanjaro (N Tanzania).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground eating a caterpillar and flying away. Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp sordida)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 6 years ago 10 sec 4.1 -
A bird in a bush and flying away. Locality Goba, Ethiopia (ssp sordida)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird in a bush. Locality Goba, Ethiopia (ssp sordida)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2005 6 years ago 46 sec 4 -
A bird foraging on the ground, very close to the videographer. Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp sordida)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A bird on the ground. Locality Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia (ssp sordida)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2005 6 years ago 32 sec 3.7
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An adult on a rock.
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp sordida)
Ken Havard 2 November 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
On the top of a bush
Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 3 February 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Bbird captured at an altitude of 2500 m above
Locality Gambo Forest, Shashamane, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 November 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
At the top of the Entoto Mountain there is a historic royal palace. I saw the bird inside this place.
Locality Entoto Hills, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jorge Malingre 2 May 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
a bird perched on a rock
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 6 February 2010 2 years ago 3 -
A bird perched on a dead tree
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ssp sordida)
Stefan Helming 11 January 2009 3 years ago 3
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