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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | ==Distribution | + | 16-19cm. Sooty olive upperparts and head, rufous rump, brown back and wings, dark reddish brown tail, bright yellow moustache stripes on sides of throat. Sexes alike. Juvenile resembles adult, but more dingy brown, no moustache. |
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| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Central and west [[Africa]]. | ||
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| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Dry and moist lowland forests, moist montanes, and moist shrubland. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Solitary. | ||
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| + | The diet includes fruits, berries, molluscs, woodlice, spiders, frogs, and geckos. | ||
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| + | When breeding the males gather and sing at lek sites; females gather at leks and choose male. 1-4 eggs are laid and incubated by female only for 12–14 days. Outside of leks, both care for young. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Andropadus+latirostris}} | {{GSearch|Andropadus+latirostris}} | ||
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Revision as of 15:01, 1 October 2008
- Andropadus latirostris
Identification
16-19cm. Sooty olive upperparts and head, rufous rump, brown back and wings, dark reddish brown tail, bright yellow moustache stripes on sides of throat. Sexes alike. Juvenile resembles adult, but more dingy brown, no moustache.
Distribution
Central and west Africa.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Dry and moist lowland forests, moist montanes, and moist shrubland.
Behaviour
Solitary.
The diet includes fruits, berries, molluscs, woodlice, spiders, frogs, and geckos.
When breeding the males gather and sing at lek sites; females gather at leks and choose male. 1-4 eggs are laid and incubated by female only for 12–14 days. Outside of leks, both care for young.
