Thrushes (Turdidae)

White-tailed Alethe (Alethe diademata) - HBW 10, p. 708

French: Alèthe à huppe rousse German: Diademalethe Spanish: Alete Diademado

Taxonomy: Bessonornis (Turdus) diadematus Bonaparte, 1850, Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with A. castanea; has been treated as conspecific, and very similar in both song and habits, but plumage differences (including of juveniles) suggest that the two are better treated as separate species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Senegal E to Togo.