Spotted Palm Thrush
Cichladusa guttata (Heuglin, 1862)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Palm Thrush, Cichladusa guttata, is a passerine in the Muscicapidae family that occurs in eastern Africa. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, with its breeding range in Africa. The bird is associated with dry forests, dry savanna and moist shrubland, and also uses dense undergrowth in savanna, woodland, dry watercourses, thickets and scrub. It is a small bird with warm brown upperparts, a dark brown eye stripe, and creamy white underparts marked in black. It was described by Heuglin in 1862.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Africa: e
