- African Hill Babbler
Taxobox
name = African Hill Babbler
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Timaliidae
genus = "Pseudoalcippe"
species = "P. abyssinica"
binomial = "Pseudoalcippe abyssinica"
binomial_authority = (Rüppell, 1840)
synonyms = The African Hill Babbler ("Pseudoalcippe abyssinica") is a species ofbird in theTimaliidae family. It ismonotypic within the genus "Pseudoalcippe".It is found inAngola ,Burundi ,Cameroon ,Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Equatorial Guinea ,Ethiopia ,Kenya ,Malawi ,Mozambique ,Nigeria ,Rwanda ,Sudan ,Tanzania ,Uganda , andZambia .Its naturalhabitat s are subtropical or tropical dryforest s, subtropical or tropical moistmontane forests, and subtropical or tropical moistshrubland .The distinctive black-headed subspecies is sometimes split as the Ruwenzori Hill Babbler, "Pseudoalcippe atriceps", but Fry et al. (2000) state it has the same vocalizations and behaviour as other races, and do not give it the status of a separate species.
References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/52689/all Pseudoalcippe abyssinica] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 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.
* Fry, C. H., S. Keith, and E. K. Urban. 1988. "The Birds of Africa". Vol. 3. Academic Press, London.
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