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[[Image:Y w greenbul.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|nick+scarle|nick scarle }}<br />Naro Moru River Lodge, [[Kenya]], 28th March 2009]]
[[Image:Y w greenbul.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|nick+scarle|nick scarle }}<br />Naro Moru River Lodge, [[Kenya]] on 28th March 2009]]
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;[[:Category:Eurillas|Eurillas]] latirostris
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
16-19cm<br />
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17 cm (6¾ in)<br />
Sooty olive upperparts and head, rufous rump, brown back and wings, dark reddish brown tail, bright yellow moustache stripes on sides of throat.
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*Sooty-olive upperparts and head
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*Rufous rump
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*Brown back and wings
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*Dark reddish brown tail
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*Bright yellow [[Topography#Heads|moustachial]] stripes
 
Sexes alike<br />
 
Sexes alike<br />
 
Juvenile resembles adult, but more dingy brown, no moustache.
 
Juvenile resembles adult, but more dingy brown, no moustache.
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'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)
 
'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Two subspecies are recognized:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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====Subspecies====
*''A. l. congener'' - [[Senegal]] to south-western [[Nigeria]]
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Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
*''A. l. latirostris'' - Southern [[Nigeria]] to northern [[Angola]], eastern [[Zaire]], [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]; Bioko
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*''E. l. congener'' - [[Senegal]] to south-western [[Nigeria]]
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*''E. l. latirostris'' - Southern [[Nigeria]] to northern [[Angola]], eastern [[Zaire]], [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]; Bioko
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Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Andropadus|Andropadus]]''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Dry and moist lowland forests, moist montanes, and moist shrubland.
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Dry and moist primary, secondary and gallerly forests, both the edges and interior.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
Solitary.
 
Solitary.
 
====Diet====
 
====Diet====
The diet includes fruits, berries, molluscs, woodlice, spiders, frogs, and geckos.  
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Their diet consists of fruits, berries, molluscs, woodlice, spiders, frogs, and geckos.  
 
====Breeding====
 
====Breeding====
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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When breeding the  males gather and sing at lek sites;  females gather at leks and choose male. The clutch contains 1-4 eggs which are incubated by female for 12–14 days. Outside of leks, both care for young.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker11}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Andropadus+latirostris}}
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{{GSearch|Eurillas+latirostris}}
  
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Andropadus]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eurillas]]

Latest revision as of 23:41, 18 September 2018

Photo © by nick scarle
Naro Moru River Lodge, Kenya, 28th March 2009
Eurillas latirostris

Identification

17 cm (6¾ in)

  • Sooty-olive upperparts and head
  • Rufous rump
  • Brown back and wings
  • Dark reddish brown tail
  • Bright yellow moustachial stripes

Sexes alike
Juvenile resembles adult, but more dingy brown, no moustache.

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: found in Mauritania, Senegal, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized[1]:

Formerly placed in genus Andropadus.

Habitat

Dry and moist primary, secondary and gallerly forests, both the edges and interior.

Behaviour

Solitary.

Diet

Their diet consists of fruits, berries, molluscs, woodlice, spiders, frogs, and geckos.

Breeding

When breeding the males gather and sing at lek sites; females gather at leks and choose male. The clutch contains 1-4 eggs which are incubated by female for 12–14 days. Outside of leks, both care for young.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.9). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)

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External Links

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