| Usambara thrush | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Turdus |
| Species: | T. roehli |
| Binomial name | |
| Turdus roehli Reichenow, 1905 | |
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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. 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.
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Turdus roehli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22734114A104354882. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734114A104354882.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2020). "Thrushes". World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Turdus roehli | |
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