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==Identification==
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==Distribution==
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[[Africa]]<br />
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'''Western Africa''': [[Senegambia]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[DRC]] and [[Angola]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[South Sudan]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Zambia]]<br />
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'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Bioko]] (Fernando Po)
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 3 or 4 subspecies:
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*''C. n. nivosa'':
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:*[[Senegambia]] to [[Gabon]], western [[DRC]], north-western [[Zambia]] and north-western [[Angola]]
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*''C. n. poensis'':
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:*[[Bioko]] Island (Gulf of Guinea)
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*''C. n. herberti'':
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:*[[Central African Republic]] and extreme southwestern [[South Sudan]] to eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], central [[Uganda]], and western [[Kenya]]
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*''C. n. maxima'':
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An additional subspecies ''canzelae'' along with ''maxima'' are generally considered invalid<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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==Habitat==
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==Behaviour==
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase
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Campethera nivosa

Identification

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC and Angola
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 3 or 4 subspecies:

  • C. n. nivosa:
  • C. n. poensis:
  • Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)
  • C. n. herberti:
  • C. n. maxima:

An additional subspecies canzelae along with maxima are generally considered invalid[1]

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase

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