Puvel's Illadopsis

The Puvel's Illadopsis is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Puvel's Illadopsis (Illadopsis puveli) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Illadopsis puveli. More

Puvel's Illadopsis (Illadopsis puveli) = French: Akalat de Puvel German: Großfuß-Buschdrossling Spanish: Tordina de Puvel Other common names: Puvel’s Akalat/Thrush-babbler Taxonomy: Turdinus puveli Salvadori, 1901, Rio Cacine, Guinea-Bissau. Often placed in genus Trichastoma. Two subspecies recognized. More

Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli, previously under-recorded as confused with the much rarer Rufous-winged Illadopsis I. rufescens, appears to be the most widespread of the genus in Ghana, found all the way from coastal thickets (Cape Three Points and Shai Hills) north to Bui and Kyabobo. Brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus was found nest building on 22 March in thickets on the edge of the Black Volta in Bui (08°37'N). More

Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli. Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia, African Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx lecontei and Ituri Batis Batis ituriensis can be seen along the Royal Mile in Budongo Forest Reserve. Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga National Parks are the most accessible sites for Albertine Rift Endemics such as Handsome Francolin Francolinus nobilis, Rwenzori Turaco Ruwenzorornis johnstoni, African Green Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri, Rwenzori Batis Batis diops, Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni and Shelley’s Crimsonwing C. shelleyi. More

(1997) Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli in Budongo Forest: a new record for East Africa. Scopus 19, 114-116. Plumptre, A.J. (1996) Gorilla war; the human cost of protecting Rwanda's mountain gorillas. Swara 19, 30-31. Plumptre, A.J. (1997) Shifting cultivation along the trans-african highway and its impact on the understorey bird comunity in the Ituri Forest, Zaire. Bird Conservation International 7, 317-329 Plumptre, A.J. & Reynolds, V. (1997) Nesting behavior of chimpanzees:implications for censuses. More

Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera African Hill Babbler Pseudoalcippe abyssinica Ruwenzori Hill Babbler Pseudoalcippe atriceps Thrush Babbler Ptyrticus turdinus Large Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus hypoleucos Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus mcclellandi Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus gravivox Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus swinhoei Indian Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii More

Puvel's Illadopsis, Illadopsis puveli Pale-breasted Illadopsis, Illadopsis rufipennis Brown Illadopsis, Illadopsis fulvescens Mountain Illadopsis, Illadopsis pyrrhoptera African Hill Babbler, Illadopsis abyssinica * Genus Kakamega * Grey-chested Illadopsis, Kakamega poliothorax * Genus Ptyrticus More