Grey-chested Illadopsis

Grey-chested Illadopsis

Taxobox
name = Grey-chested Illadopsis


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Timaliidae
genus = "Kakamega"
genus_authority = Mann, Burton,PJK & Lennerstedt 1978
species = "K. poliothorax"
binomial = "Kakamega poliothorax"
binomial_authority = (Reichenow, 1900)
synonyms =

The Grey-chested Illadopsis ("Kakamega poliothorax") is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is the only species in the genus "Kakamega".

It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/52690/all Kakamega poliothorax] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
* Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) Pp. 70 - 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. "Handbook of the Birds of the World", Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.


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