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Fire crested alethe

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Muscicapidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Alethe

Similar
  
White‑tailed alethe, Blue‑shouldered robin‑chat, Forest scrub robin, Brown‑chested alethe, Mountain robin‑chat

The fire-crested alethe (Alethe castanea) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in central Africa, from Nigeria to Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

It has been recently split from the white-tailed alethe (A. diademata).

References

Fire-crested alethe Wikipedia