Alternative name: African Green Broadbill
- Pseudocalyptomena graueri
Identification
13.6 - 15.6 cm. A short-tailed, green Broadbill.
- Finely black-streaked buff crown
- Narrow black eyestripe
- Light-blue ear-coverts
- Narrowly streaked black moustachial area
- Bright green nape and upperparts
- Dark brown flight-feathers, edged green
- Short, green tail
- White chin
- Pale blue throat and breast
- Pale green belly and flanks
- All blue or blue-tipped green undertail-coverts
- Black bill
Sexes similar. Immatures are duller.
Distribution
Central Africa: found in the Itombwe Mountains of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and south-western Uganda.
A localized and rare restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
The populations of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo were once thought to represent different subspecies, but differences turned out to be individual variations. However, they show differences in ecology and behaviour and may merit taxonomic separation.
Habitat
Primary montane forest, forest edge and bamboo-dominated forest. Found at 1760 - 2480m in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 2060 - 2285m in Uganda.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on invertebrates, seeds and fruits. Forages singly or in small groups of up to 10 birds. Also in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding
A described nest was a spherical structure with a side entrance made of green lichen and suspended ca. 11m above the ground from a branch, directly overhanging a stream. Only few data about breeding.
Movements
A resident species with some possible short local movements.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504
- BF Member Observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grauer's Broadbill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grauer%27s_Broadbill
