Thrushes (Turdidae)
White-fronted Black-chat (Pentholaea albifrons) - HBW 10, p. 726
French: Traquet à front blanc
German: Weißstirnschmätzer
Spanish: Zorzal-hormiguero Frentiblanco
Other common names: White-fronted/White-forehead Chat
Taxonomy: Saxicola albifrons Rüppell, 1837, Tembien, Ethiopia.
Often treated in genus Myrmecocichla. On basis of female plumage, nominate race and pachyrhyncha form one group, and the three other races another. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- frontalis ( Swainson, 1837) - Senegal and Gambia E to N Cameroon.
- limbata Reichenow, 1921 - E Cameroon E to Central African Republic.
- clericalis Hartlaub, 1882 - S Sudan, N DRCongo and Uganda.
- frontalis ( Swainson, 1837) - Senegal and Gambia E to N Cameroon.
- limbata Reichenow, 1921 - E Cameroon E to Central African Republic.
- clericalis Hartlaub, 1882 - S Sudan, N DRCongo and Uganda.
- albifrons ( Rüppell, 1837) - Eritrea and N Ethiopia.
- pachyrhyncha Neumann, 1906 - SW Ethiopia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on top of an acacia tree Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp clericalis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 6 years ago 28 sec 3.6
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Adult male
Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 7 February 2011 29 weeks ago 4.2 -
Male bird
Locality Tujering, Western Division, The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 29 March 2013 8 weeks ago 3.8 -
Male in tree
Locality Adi Keyh, Southern Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 18 January 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
Bird on a rock slope of a mountain.
Locality Yeha, Tigray Region, Ethiopia (ssp albifrons)
Christian Weiss 23 November 2010 2 years ago 2.8
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