- Eurystomus gularis
Identification
25 (9¾ in)
- Rufous-chestnut overall plumage
- Yellow bill
- Purplish-blue chin patch
Distribution
Africa:
Western Africa: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC, Angola
Eastern Africa: Uganda
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies:
- E. g. gularis::*
- E. g. neglectus:
Habitat
They live in secondary, or disturbed, lowland rainforest.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists mostly of insects taken in flight. Prey items are mostly ants, with some beetles.
Breeding
The nest is in an unlined tree-hole. The clutch of 2-4 eggs are incubated for 17-20 days. The young fledge after approximately another 30 days.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2019)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-throated Roller. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-throated_Roller
External Links
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