{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Dapple-throat | image = Arcanator orostruthus.jpg | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2021 |title=''Arcanator orostruthus'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T22715783A177364274 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22715783A177364274.en |access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | genus = Arcanator | parent_authority = Irwin & Clancey, 1986 | species = orostruthus | authority = (Vincent, 1933) | synonyms = ''Phyllastrephus orostruthus'' Vincent, 1933 <br/> ''Modulatrix orostruthus'' (Ripley, 1964) }}
The '''dapple-throat''' ('''''Arcanator orostruthus''''') is a species of bird in the small African family Modulatricidae. Other common names include '''dappled mountain robin''' and '''dappled mountain greenbul'''.<ref>[https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=D2E8BF1B399D9AD7 ''Arcanator orostruthus''.] AviBase.</ref> It is native to Mozambique and Tanzania.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /> This is the only species in the monotypic genus '''''Arcanator'''''.
This species has a disjunct distribution, occurring in a few mountain ranges, including the Usambara and Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania and the Njesi Highlands and Mount Mabu in northern Mozambique. It lives in dense, wet mountain forest habitat. It can be found in the leaf litter near streams, where it seeks insects.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><ref>{{Cite journal|doi = 10.2989/00306525.2019.1675795|title = The avifauna, conservation and biogeography of the Njesi Highlands in northern Mozambique, with a review of the country's Afromontane birdlife|year = 2020|last1 = Jones|first1 = Samuel EI|last2 = Jamie|first2 = Gabriel A.|last3 = Sumbane|first3 = Emidio|last4 = Jocque|first4 = Merlijn|journal = Ostrich|volume = 91|pages = 45–56|s2cid = 215764259| url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/11993511 }}</ref>
Most all of the native habitat is degraded or otherwise influenced by human activity. Much of the forest has been cleared for agricultural purposes. Logging also occurs, especially to obtain timber from the forest tree ''Faurea wentzeliana''; this reduces the density of the forest, reducing habitat quality for the bird.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /> Some populations are in protected areas, but the species is thought to be in general decline.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />
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Category:Modulatricidae Category:Birds of East Africa Category:Birds described in 1933 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot