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Usambara thrush

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The Usambara thrush (Turdus roehli), also known as Roehl's thrush or Usambara olive thrush, is a species of thrush found in eastern Africa.[2] 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.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Family:Turdidae
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Usambara thrush
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Species:
T. roehli
Binomial name
Turdus roehli
Reichenow, 1905
Synonyms
  • Turdus olivaceus roehli
  • Turdus olivaceus uluguru
  • Turdus abyssinicus roehli
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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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