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Female
Photo © by Mike Barth
Ghana, October 2013
Chloropicus pyrrhogaster

Dendropicos pyrrhogaster

Identification

24 cm
Male

  • Brownish-black forehead
  • Red crown and nape

Distribution

Sierra Leone and southern Guinea to southern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
Placed in genus Chloropicus by Gill and Donsker.

Habitat

Primary and secondary lowland forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects, beetle larvae and ants.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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