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;[[:Category:Coracias|Coracias]] caudatus | ;[[:Category:Coracias|Coracias]] caudatus | ||
''Coracias caudata'' | ''Coracias caudata'' | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
14.5 inches. Green head, greenish yellow legs. The beak is strong, arched and hooked-tipped. Brown back, shoulder of the wing, outer webs of flight feathers and rump are violet. Outer tail feathers are elongated and blackish. The chin is white, shading to rich lilac of the breast. The underparts are green blue. The bill is black and the eyes are brown. | 14.5 inches. Green head, greenish yellow legs. The beak is strong, arched and hooked-tipped. Brown back, shoulder of the wing, outer webs of flight feathers and rump are violet. Outer tail feathers are elongated and blackish. The chin is white, shading to rich lilac of the breast. The underparts are green blue. The bill is black and the eyes are brown. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | ''Coracias caudatus'' has two subspecies: | + | ''Coracias caudatus'' has two subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> |
| − | *''C. c. caudatus'' | + | |
| − | *''C. c. lorti'' | + | *''C. c. caudatus'' |
| + | :*Southern and eastern [[Africa]] north to [[Uganda]] and [[Kenya]] | ||
| + | *''C. c. lorti'': has less lilac on the breast than ''caudatus'' | ||
| + | :*[[Ethiopia]] south to Lake Turkana, [[Somalia]] and north-eastern [[Kenya]] | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Open woodland and savanna. | Open woodland and savanna. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2-4 eggs is laid, and incubated by both parents. | Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2-4 eggs is laid, and incubated by both parents. | ||
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| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Coracias]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Coracias]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:12, 27 July 2023
Photo © by Mybs
Location: Kgalagadi Transfrontier park, South Africa (1,200 km's NW of Cape Town) in Dec. 2004
Location: Kgalagadi Transfrontier park, South Africa (1,200 km's NW of Cape Town) in Dec. 2004
- Coracias caudatus
Coracias caudata
Identification
14.5 inches. Green head, greenish yellow legs. The beak is strong, arched and hooked-tipped. Brown back, shoulder of the wing, outer webs of flight feathers and rump are violet. Outer tail feathers are elongated and blackish. The chin is white, shading to rich lilac of the breast. The underparts are green blue. The bill is black and the eyes are brown.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula.
Taxonomy
Coracias caudatus has two subspecies:[1]
- C. c. caudatus
- C. c. lorti: has less lilac on the breast than caudatus
Habitat
Open woodland and savanna.
Behaviour
Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2-4 eggs is laid, and incubated by both parents.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
