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Photo by Brown Kwame Brown
Ankasa National park, Ghana, February 2017
Pteronetta hartlaubii

Identification

Dark chestnut overall with a black head and variable white markings to the head (often limited to a small white spot on the forehead near the bill-base).

Distribution

Locally in forest streams of equatorial western Africa

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Behaviour

Gallery

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References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Wikipedia

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