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Photo by volker sthamer
Location: Langano- Ethiopia , Africa, February, 2009
Lybius undatus

Identification

16–17·5 cm

  • Red forehead
  • Black head, breast and upper mandible
  • White line behind the eye

Distribution

Eastern Africa: found in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]: Lybius undatus has four subspecies:

  • L. u. thiogaster:
  • L. u. undatus:
  • Highlands of north-western to central Ethiopia
  • L. u. leucogenys:
  • Highlands of south-western and south-central Ethiopia
  • L. u. salvadorii:

Habitat

Woods, forest edges and gardens. Generally between heights around 300–3040 m.

Behaviour

Their main diet is fruit, particularly figs. They fly-catch for insects and also eat beetles etc.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

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External Links

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