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Thyolo Alethe
Chamaetylas choloensis (Sclater, WL, 1927)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Thyolo Alethe, Chamaetylas choloensis, is a bird of southeastern Africa in the Muscicapidae family. It occurs on a few separate mountain peaks in southeastern Malawi and northeastern Mozambique, where it is tied to submontane forest. A distinctive feature is its plumage pattern, with a cinnamon-brown head, upperparts and wings, a white throat, pale underparts, and a dark tail marked with white tips. The back, rump and scapulars are rufous-brown. It was described by Sclater, WL in 1927.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Africa: se
