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Length 30-36 cm. | Length 30-36 cm. | ||
| − | Dark upper parts with three white tail spots. Throat white (barred ruface on female), breast and belly white with rufous bars, flanks chestnut, and vent white. | + | Dark upper parts with three white tail spots. Throat white (barred ruface on female), breast and belly white with rufous bars, flanks chestnut, and vent white. The eyes, cere and legs are yellow. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Nigeria]] to [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
==Bird Song== | ==Bird Song== | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Sinclair I & Ryan P. 2003. ''Birds of Africa south of the Sahara''. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0620207299 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Accipiter+castanilius}} | {{GSearch|Accipiter+castanilius}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | ||
Revision as of 17:19, 29 May 2008
- Accipiter castanilius
Identification
Length 30-36 cm.
Dark upper parts with three white tail spots. Throat white (barred ruface on female), breast and belly white with rufous bars, flanks chestnut, and vent white. The eyes, cere and legs are yellow.
Distribution
Nigeria to Democratic Republic of Congo.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Rain forest understory.
Behaviour
Bird Song
References
Sinclair I & Ryan P. 2003. Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0620207299
