White-tailed alethe

White-tailed alethe
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Alethe
Species: A. diademata
Binomial name
Alethe diademata
(Bonaparte, 1850)

The white-tailed alethe (Alethe diademata) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in western Africa from Senegal to Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

It was recently split into two species from the fire-crested alethe (A. castanea).

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