| Fire-crested Alethe | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Alethe |
| Species: | A. castanea |
| Binomial name | |
| Alethe castanea (Cassin, 1856) |
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The Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe castanea) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in western and 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).