Grey-chested babbler

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| name = Grey-chested babbler

| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.94392 1 - Trichastoma poliothorax (Reichenow, 1900) - Timaliidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Kakamega poliothorax |volume=2016 |page=e.T22715933A94476149 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715933A94476149.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Kakamega

| parent_authority = Mann, Burton, PJK & Lennerstedt, 1978

| species = poliothorax

| authority = (Reichenow, 1900)

| synonyms = Alethe poliothorax Reichenow, 1900

}}

The grey-chested babbler (Kakamega poliothorax), also known as the grey-chested kakamega or grey-chested illadopsis, is a species of bird in the family Modulatricidae. It is the only species in its genus.

It is found in the Cameroon line, western Kenya and the Albertine rift montane forests. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

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  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

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Category:Birds of the Gulf of Guinea

Category:Birds of Central Africa

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