Mkeshamsitu

Mkeshamsitu

Mkeshamsitu kidari-kahawia
(Chamaetylas poliocephala)

Uainishaji wa kisayansi

Himaya:	Animalia (Wanyama)
Faila:	Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Nusufaila:	Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo)
Ngeli:	Aves (Ndege)
Oda:	Passeriformes (Ndege kama shomoro)
Familia ya juu:	Muscicapoidea (Ndege kama shore)
Familia:	Turdidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na mkesha) Rafinesque, 1815

Ngazi za chini

Jenasi 6:

Alethe Cassin, 1859
Brachyperyx Horsfield, 1821
Chamaetylas Heine, 1860
Chlamydochaera Sharpe, 1887
Cochoa Hodgson, 1836
Heinrichia Stresemann, 1931
Heteroxenicus Sharpe, 1902

Mikeshamsitu ni ndege wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia Turdidae. Spishi za Afrika zinafanana na chati na zina rangi ya kahawa mgongoni na nyeupe chini. Spishi za Asia zina rangi kali zaidi. Mwenendo wa ndege hawa ni kama ule wa mikesha. Wanatokea misitu ya majimaji ya Afrika na Asia, pengine milimani. Hula wadudu hasa na matunda pia. Hulijenga tago lao kwa vigoga, vijiti na mizizi katika mti. Jike huyataga mayai 3-5.

Spishi za Afrika

Alethe castanea, Mkeshamsitu Kishungi-chekundu (Fire-crested Alethe)
Alethe diademata, Mkeshamsitu Mkia-mweupe (White-tailed Alethe)
Chamaetylas choloensis, Mkeshamsitu wa Cholo (Thyolo Alethe)
Chamaetylas fuelleborni, Mkeshamsitu Kidari-cheupe (White-chested Alethe)
Chamaetylas poliocephala, Mkeshamsitu Kidari-kahawia (Brown-chested Alethe)
Chamaetylas poliophrys, Mkeshamsitu Koo-jekundu (Red-throated Alethe)

Spishi za mabara mengine

Brachypteryx hyperythra (Rusty-bellied Shortwing)
Brachypteryx leucophris (Lesser Shortwing)
Brachypteryx montana (White-browed Shortwing)
Chlamydochaera jefferyi (Fruithunter)
Cochoa azurea (Javan Cochoa)
Cochoa beccarii (Sumatran Cochoa)
Cochoa purpurea (Purple Cochoa)
Cochoa viridis (Green Cochoa)
Heinrichia calligyna (Great Shortwing)
Heteroxenicus stellatus (Gould's Shortwing)

Picha

Mkeshamsitu kishungi-chekundu
Mkeshamsitu wa Cholo

Lesser shortwing
White-browed shortwing
Fruithunter
Purple cochoa
Green cochoa