Usambara thrush

The Usambara thrush (Turdus roehli), also known as Roehl's thrush or Usambara olive thrush, is a species of thrush found in eastern Africa.[2] Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of the olive thrush, with which it is known to hybridize with, but is now recognised as a separate species.

Usambara thrush

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Species:
T. roehli
Binomial name
Turdus roehli
Reichenow, 1905
Synonyms
  • Turdus olivaceus roehli
  • Turdus olivaceus uluguru
  • Turdus abyssinicus roehli

Description

This medium-sized bird has a length of about 24 cm. It has a wing length between 117 and 131 mm, a culmen length between 20 and 24 mm and a tarsus length between 30,0 and 34,5 mm. It can reach a mass of at least 86 g. It occurs in the Pare and Usambara mountains of north-central Tanzania.

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References
  1. BirdLife International. 2016. Turdus roehli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22734114A104354882. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734114A104354882.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2017.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2020). "Thrushes". World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 March 2020.


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