Brown-chested Alethe

Chamaetylas poliocephala

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Chamaetylas
eBird Code
brcale1

Subspecies (9)

  • Chamaetylas poliocephala akeleyae

    Kenya east of the Rift Valley

  • Chamaetylas poliocephala carruthersi

    southeastern Central African Republic eastward to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Kenya

  • Chamaetylas poliocephala compsonota

    Nigeria and Cameroon to northwestern Angola (Quicolungo); Bioko

  • Chamaetylas poliocephala giloensis

    southeastern South Sudan (Imatong Mountains), population in adjacent northeastern Uganda presumably also this subspecies

  • Chamaetylas poliocephala hallae

    Angola (Gabela escarpment of Cuanza Sul)

  • Chamaetylas poliocephala kungwensis

    western Tanzania (Kungwe-Mahari Mountains)

  • Chamaetylas poliocephala poliocephala

    Sierra Leone to Ghana

  • Chamaetylas poliocephala ufipae

    southwestern Tanzania (Ufipa Plateau) and southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Chamaetylas poliocephala vandeweghei

    Rwanda and Burundi

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.