Dapple-throat (Arcanator orostruthus) | Photos, Calls and ID

Near ThreatenedLegendaryInvertebratesForestSmall · 33 g

Dapple-throat (Arcanator orostruthus), photo 1 — Photo: USFWS · Public domain

About the Dapple-throat

The dapple-throat is a species of bird in the small African family Modulatricidae. Other common names include dappled mountain robin and dappled mountain greenbul. It is native to Mozambique and Tanzania. This is the only species in the monotypic genus Arcanator.

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Where it lives

Regular range

Tanzania Mozambique

When to see it

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Peak activity in September · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Spot-throatModulatrix stictigulaThe spot-throat is a species of bird in the family Modulatricidae. Grey-chested BabblerKakamega poliothoraxThe grey-chested babbler, also known as the grey-chested kakamega or grey-chested illadopsis, is a species of bird in the family Modulatricidae.

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