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Pale-breasted Illadopsis

Illadopsis rufipennis (Sharpe, RB 1872)

The pale-breasted illadopsis is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found throughout the African tropical rainforest. The Tanzanian illadopsis was formerly considered a subspecies. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pellorneidae
Genus:
   Illadopsis
Scientific:
  Illadopsis rufipennis

Original description

Citation:
  (Sharpe, RB 1872)

Reference:
   Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser.4, vol.10, no.60 p.451

Protonym:
  Trichastoma rufipennis

Type locality:
  Gabon.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81231#page/465/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  64078193C433C0AC

Avibase ID:
  avibase-64078193

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/64078193

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560591

Geographic range:

  • Illadopsis rufipennis: lowland to foothill (to montane in east) primary and secondary forest from Sierra Leone eastward through Nigeria, and Bioko (Gulf of Guinea), to western Kenya, and southward to Cabinda (northwestern Angola), northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and far northwestern Tanzania
  • Illadopsis rufipennis rufipennis: southern Nigeria to Angola, Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
  • Illadopsis rufipennis extrema: Sierra Leone to Ghana
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis
Bulgarian:
Белогуша дроздова тимелия
Catalan:
matinera de Sharpe
Czech:
timálie světlehrdlá
Danish:
Gråbrystet Skovtimalie
German:
Grauwangen-Laubdrossling
Esperanto:
palbrusta pelorneo
Spanish:
Tordina pechipálida
Spanish (Spain):
Tordina Pechipálida
Finnish:
oliivikerttutimali
French:
Akalat à poitrine blanche
Croatian:
tamnoglavi drozdalj
Italian:
Illadopsis pettochiaro
Japanese (romaji):
usuchamujichimedori
Japanese:
ウスチャムジチメドリ
Lithuanian:
pilkagurklė pelinė timalija
Dutch:
Grijswanglijstertimalia
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Smålauvtimal
Norwegian:
Småløvtimal
Polish:
wyżynniak szarolicy
Portuguese:
falso-tordo-de-peito-pálido
Portuguese (Portugal):
falso-tordo-de-peito-pálido
Russian:
Серощёкая мышиная тимелия
Slovak:
drozdinka bledoprsá
Serbian:
Belogrla drozdolika brbljuša
Swedish:
gråbröstad lövtimalia
Turkish:
Açık Göğüslü İlladopsis
Ukrainian:
матинера сірощока
Chinese:
苍胸非洲雅鹛
Chinese (Traditional):
蒼胸雅鶥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis [nominate] ( Illadopsis rufipennis [rufipennis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis [nominate] ( Illadopsis rufipennis [rufipennis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis [nominate] ( Illadopsis rufipennis [rufipennis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis [nominate] ( Illadopsis rufipennis [rufipennis])
Avilist 2025:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Pale-breasted) ( Illadopsis rufipennis rufipennis/extrema) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Pale-breasted) ( Illadopsis rufipennis rufipennis/extrema) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Pale-breasted) ( Illadopsis rufipennis rufipennis/extrema) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Pale-breasted) ( Illadopsis rufipennis rufipennis/extrema) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Pale-breasted) ( Illadopsis rufipennis rufipennis/extrema) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Pale-breasted Illadopsis ( Illadopsis rufipennis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Illadopsis [rufipennis or distans] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bulgarian: Белогуша дроздова тимелия
Catalan: matinera de Sharpe
Czech: timálie světlehrdlá
Danish: Gråbrystet Skovtimalie
German: Grauwangen-Laubdrossling, Grauwangen-Laubdrossling (rufipennis/extrema)
English: Pale-breasted Illadopsis, Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Pale-breasted), Pale-breasted Illadopsis [nominate], Pale-breasted Illadopsis [rufipennis]
English (Avilist): Pale-breasted Illadopsis
English, HBW: Pale-breasted Illadopsis, Pale-breasted/Grey-breasted Illadopsis
English (IOC): Pale-breasted Illadopsis, Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Pale-breasted)
English (United States): Pale-breasted Illadopsis, Pale-breasted Illadopsis (Pale-breasted)
Esperanto: palbrusta pelorneo
Spanish: Tordina Pechipálida, Tordina Pechipálida (rufipennis/extrema)
Spanish (Spain): Tordina pechipálida, Tordina pechipálida (rufipennis/extrema)
Finnish: oliivikerttutimali
French: Akalat à poitrine blanche, Akalat à poitrine blanche (rufipennis), Akalat à poitrine blanche (rufipennis/extrema), Akalat à poitrine blanche [nominal], Akalat à poitrine blanche [rufipennis ou extrema], Akalat à poitrine blanche [rufipennis]
French (Guyane): Akalat à poitrine blanche (rufipennis/extrema)
Croatian: tamnoglavi drozdalj
Italian: Illadopsis pettochiaro
Japanese (romaji): usuchamujichimedori (rufipennis/extrema)
Japanese: ウスチャムジチメドリ, ウスチャムジチメドリ (rufipennis/extrema), ウスチャムジチメドリ（rufipennis／extrema）
Scientific: Illadopsis rufipennis, Illadopsis rufipennis [rufipennis], Illadopsis rufipennis rufipennis, Illadopsis rufipennis rufipennis/extrema, Trichastoma rufipennis
Lithuanian: Pilkagurklė pelinė timalija
Dutch: Grijswanglijstertimalia
Norwegian: Småløvtimal, småløvtimal (rufipennis/extrema)
Polish: wyżynniak szarolicy, wyżynniak szarolicy (rufipennis/extrema)
Portuguese: Falso-tordo-de-peito-pálido
Portuguese (Angola): Iladopsis-de-peito-claro, Iladopsis-de-peito-claro (rufipennis/extrema)
Portuguese (Portugal): falso-tordo-de-peito-pálido, falso-tordo-de-peito-pálido (rufipennis/extrema)
Russian: Серощёкая мышиная тимелия, Серощёкий дроздовник (rufipennis/extrema)
Slovak: drozdinka bledoprsá, drozdinka bledoprsá (skup.)
Serbian: Belogrla drozdolika brbljuša
Swedish: gråbröstad lövtimalia, gråbröstad lövtimalia (rufipennis/extrema)
Turkish: Açık Göğüslü İlladopsis, Açık göğüslü illadopsis (rufipennis/extrema), Açık Göğüslü İlladopsis (rufipennis/extrema)
Ukrainian: матинера сірощока, Матинера сірощока (підвид rufipennis/extrema)
Chinese: 苍胸非洲雅鹛
Chinese (Traditional): 蒼胸雅鶥

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