TIMALIIDAE - BABBLERS, ILLADOPSIS, CHATTERERS, SPOT-THROAT
Dapple-breast (Arcanator orostruthus)
Adult, sex alike. Subspecies sanjei. Udzungwa Mts, June 2007. Copyright@; Louis A. Hansen. Other, often, used vernacular name is; Dappled Mountain Robin
Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis rufipennis)
Sex; alike (to my knowledge). Age; adult. Subspecies; various publications suggest up to three races. This is to be debated, work in progress. Udzungwa Mts., 2003. Scanned from a slide. Copyright©; Louis A. Hansen. This individual shows small yellow gap, many times this is an immature character but it is not necessary so in this species see also here (http://tanzaniabirdatlas.com/Members/Lahansen/louis_bird_pics/pycnonotidae-greenbuls/Little_greenbul-side_view.JPG/view).
Dapple-breast (Arcanator orostruthus)
Sex; alike. Age; adult, Subspecies sanjei. Udzungwa Mts, June 2007. Copyright@; Louis A. Hansen. Another, often, used vernacular name is; Dappled Mountain Robin.
Spot-throat (Modulatrix strictigula)
Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula) Easy to recognise once you have found it in the dense tangle of undergrowth. Voice also easy to recognise - hear the call and song in the "Bird Sound" selection on this homepage. Or search for it the search field in the upper right corner of this page. Ringing in the Udzungwa mts, Ndundulu forest in 1991. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula)
Easy to recognise once you have found it in the dense tangle of undergrowth. Voice also easy to recognise - hear the call and song in the "Bird Sound" selection on this homepage. Or search for it the search field in the upper right corner of this page. Ringing in the Udzungwa mts, Ndundulu forest in 1991. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen

