Brown-chested alethe

Brown-chested alethe
C. p. carruthersi in Kakamega Forest
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Chamaetylas
Species:
C. poliocephala
Binomial name
Chamaetylas poliocephala
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Pseudalethe poliocephala Bonaparte, 1850
  • Alethe poliocephala (Bonaparte, 1850)

The brown-chested alethe (Chamaetylas poliocephala) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It has a discontinuous range of presence across the African tropical rainforest.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.