Usambara thrush

Usambara thrush

Roehl's thrush, Usambara olive thrush

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Turdus roehli

The Usambara thrush (Turdus roehli ), also known as Roehl's thrush or Usambara olive thrush, is a species of thrush found in eastern Africa. Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of the olive thrush, with which it is known to hybridize with, but is now recognised as a separate species.

Appearance

This medium-sized bird has a length of about 24 cm. It has a wing length between 117 and 131 mm, a culmen length between 20 and 24 mm and a tarsus length between 30,0 and 34,5 mm. It can reach a mass of at least 86 g. It occurs in the Pare and Usambara mountains of north-central Tanzania.

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References

1. Usambara thrush Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usambara_thrush
2. Usambara thrush on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22734114/104354882

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