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;[[:Category:Lissotis|Lissotis]] melanogaster | ;[[:Category:Lissotis|Lissotis]] melanogaster | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 58 to 65 cm | + | 58 to 65 cm<br /> |
| − | + | '''Male''' | |
| − | '''Female''' - plain buff with darker brown mottling on back, | + | *Upper parts light brown upperparts with black and brown streaks and spots |
| − | + | *Underparts black | |
| + | *Head black, white, and buff | ||
| + | *Long, thin light brown neck with a thin black line down the front, which which continues and broadens out to a black breast and belly | ||
| + | *Brown and buff tail with four or five narrow dark brown bands | ||
| + | *Upper wings white with a brown triangle at the base | ||
| + | *Yellow legs and bill.<br /> | ||
| + | '''Female''' - plain buff with darker brown mottling on back, thin, wavy lines on neck and breast. <br /> | ||
'''Juvenile''' - duller and darker, dark grey crown, buff spots on the wing. | '''Juvenile''' - duller and darker, dark grey crown, buff spots on the wing. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
The diet includes grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars, seeds and small vertebrates. | The diet includes grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars, seeds and small vertebrates. | ||
| − | + | ==References== | |
| + | Wikipedia | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | # Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lissotis]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lissotis]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:41, 7 March 2009
- Lissotis melanogaster
Identification
58 to 65 cm
Male
- Upper parts light brown upperparts with black and brown streaks and spots
- Underparts black
- Head black, white, and buff
- Long, thin light brown neck with a thin black line down the front, which which continues and broadens out to a black breast and belly
- Brown and buff tail with four or five narrow dark brown bands
- Upper wings white with a brown triangle at the base
- Yellow legs and bill.
Female - plain buff with darker brown mottling on back, thin, wavy lines on neck and breast.
Juvenile - duller and darker, dark grey crown, buff spots on the wing.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
Eupodotis vs. Lissotis
Some authorities (Sibley & Monroe, 1996) lump the genus Lissotis within Eupodotis. however there now seems to be a consensus for using Lissotis..
Subspecies1
- L. m. melanogaster - Senegal to Ethiopia, s Angola and Mozambique
- L. m. notophila - SE Africa s of the Zambezi to w Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Habitat
Woodland and tall open grassland.
Behaviour
The diet includes grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars, seeds and small vertebrates.
References
Wikipedia
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
External Links
