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Eurystomus glaucurus

Photo by mikemik.
Photographed: Lower Zambezi, Zambia.

[edit] Identification

29-30 cm. Brown back and head, lilac foreneck and breast, pink-brown underparts, blue in wings, bright yellow broad bill. Sexes similar. Juvenile - drabber version, pale breast.

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.

[edit] Taxonomy

Eurystomus glaucurus has four subspecies:

• E. g. glaucurus;
• E. g. afer;
• E. g. suahelicus; and
• E. g. pulcherrimus.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodland near water.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes ants and termites.

They nest in an unlined hole in a tree cavity; 2-3 eggs are laid.

[edit] Vocalisation

Call: k-k-k-k-k-r-r-r-r-r.

[edit] References

Lepage D. 2008. Avibase. Search for "Eurystomus glaucurus" downloaded 29 May 2008.

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