Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestCup nestSmall · 31 g

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Scaly-breasted Illadopsis sounds like

Sonogram of the Scaly-breasted Illadopsis: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by paulo kivuyo · Call · Kakindo, Missenyi, Kagera Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by paulo kivuyo · Call, song · Minziro, Missenyi, Kagera Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Uganda Kenya Congo - Kinshasa Angola Tanzania

About the Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

The scaly-breasted illadopsis is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is widespread throughout the Congo Basin, with a few isolated pockets in northern Angola, Uganda and South Sudan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, specifically in the understory and lower levels.

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Easily confused with

Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescensThe brown illadopsis or brown thrush-babbler, is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

Mountain IlladopsisIlladopsis pyrrhopteraThe mountain illadopsis is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennisThe pale-breasted illadopsis is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

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