Gray-chested Babbler Kakamega poliothorax Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (15)
- Monotypic
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Grijsborstlijstertimalia |
| English (Kenya) | Grey-chested Babbler |
| English (United States) | Gray-chested Babbler |
| French | Kakameg à poitrine grise |
| German | Graubrustsopranist |
| Japanese | ハイムネジチメドリ |
| Norwegian | gråbryst |
| Polish | górodrozd szaroboczny |
| Russian | Какамега |
| Serbian | Belogrli sopranista (kakamega) |
| Slovak | podrastník sivoprsý |
| Spanish | Tordina de Kakamega |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tordina de Kakamega |
| Swedish | kakameg |
| Turkish | Gri Gerdanlı Islıkçıardıç |
Revision Notes
Flemming P. Jensen wrote this account. Shawn Billerman contributed to the Systematics page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Kakamega poliothorax (Reichenow, 1900)
PROTONYM:
Alethe poliothorax
Reichenow, 1900. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 8, p.6.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Bangwa,' Cameroons [= 'an elevated district at about 5° 15' N., 10° 25' E., with peaks rising to 5,000 ft.,' fide Serle, 1951, in Bannerman, Birds Trop. West Afr., 8, p. 378].
Definitions
- KAKAMEGA
- poliothorax
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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