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Location: Jemma Valley, Ethiopia
Sporopipes frontalis

Identification

Black-and-white speckled forehead, rufous nape and dark moustachial stripes.

Distribution

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Taxonomy

Sporopipes frontalis has two subspecies:1

  • S. f. frontalis
  • S. f. emini

Habitat

Dry savanna and bushy grassland.

Behaviour

Gregarious. Eats mainly seeds.

Breeding

Monogamous. Usually a solitary nester, but may nest in colonies. The nest is large and untidy with a side entrance; built of grass in a bush.

References

  1. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
  2. Sinclair I & Ryan P. 2003. Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0620207299

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