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Usambara thrush

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Turdidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Turdus


Similar
  
Príncipe thrush, Abyssinian thrush, Somali thrush, Comoros thrush, Chestnut‑bellied thrush

The Usambara thrush or Roehl's thrush (Turdus roehli) is a member of the thrush family in Africa. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the olive thrush (with which it is known to hybridize), but is increasingly treated as a separate species. 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.

References

Usambara thrush Wikipedia