Red-tailed Ant Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus) | Photos and ID

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ForestCavity nestMedium · 66 g

Red-tailed Ant Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus), photo 1 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Red-tailed Ant Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus), photo 2 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Red-tailed Ant Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Red-tailed Ant Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-tailed Ant Thrush

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Uganda Kenya Tanzania Equatorial Guinea Congo - Kinshasa Congo - Brazzaville Gabon Central African Republic Cameroon

About the Red-tailed Ant Thrush

The red-tailed ant thrush, also known as the red-tailed rufous thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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Easily confused with

White-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus poensisThe white-tailed ant thrush, also known as the white-tailed rufous thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

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