Fire-crested alethe

The fire-crested alethe (Alethe castanea) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in central Africa, from Nigeria to Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Fire-crested alethe
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Alethe
Species:	A. castanea
Binomial name
Alethe castanea (Cassin, 1856)

It has been recently split from the white-tailed alethe (A. diademata).^[2]