Usambara thrush

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Turdus roehli.jpg

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Turdus roehli |volume=2016 |page=e.T22734114A104354882 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734114A104354882.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Turdus

| species = roehli

| authority = Reichenow, 1905

| synonyms =

  • Turdus olivaceus roehli
  • Turdus olivaceus uluguru
  • Turdus abyssinicus 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.{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2020 | title=Thrushes | work=World Bird List Version 10.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/thrushes/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=30 March 2020 }} 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.

Description

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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Usambara thrush

Category:Endemic birds of Tanzania

Category:Birds described in 1905

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