Thrushes (Turdidae)
Red-tailed Ant-thrush (Neocossyphus rufus) - HBW 10, p. 621
French: Néocossyphe à queue rousse
German: Rotschwanz-Fuchsdrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Colirrufo
Taxonomy: Pseudocossyphus rufus Fischer and Reichenow, 1884, Pangani, Tanzania.
Genus closest to Stizorhina, the two forming a group which, in turn, is most closely related to New World Myadestes. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gabunensis Neumann, 1908 - S Cameroon and Gabon E to N DRCongo and W Uganda.
- rufus (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - E Kenya and E Tanzania, including Zanzibar I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched still on a branch Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (ssp rufus)
Chris and Megan Perkins 31 March 2006 5 years ago 13 sec 2.2
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An adult skulking in the undergrowth.
Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (ssp rufus)
Steve Garvie 5 August 2007 3 years ago 2
- No sound recordings available yet
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