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14 cm.  Small, thin-billed Honeyguide.  Rather plain with dark olive brown upperparts, yellowish buff undersides.  Extensive white on outer tail feathers with narrow ( sometimes broken ) terminal band.  Eye black, bill black upper mandible,  distal 25% black on yellow lower mandible, legs dusky yellowish grey.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
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[[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], and [[Uganda]].
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[[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], and [[Uganda]].  Western population rather disjunct but could have been overlooked.
  
 
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Moist subtropical and tropical lowlands and mountains.
 
Moist subtropical and tropical lowlands and mountains.
 
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Rather sluggish and easily overlooked.
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'''Voice'''.  High, monotonous "''teet  teet  teet''"
 
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Melignomon zenkeri

Identification

14 cm. Small, thin-billed Honeyguide. Rather plain with dark olive brown upperparts, yellowish buff undersides. Extensive white on outer tail feathers with narrow ( sometimes broken ) terminal band. Eye black, bill black upper mandible, distal 25% black on yellow lower mandible, legs dusky yellowish grey.

Distribution

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Uganda. Western population rather disjunct but could have been overlooked.

Taxonomy

This species is monotypic.1

Habitat

Moist subtropical and tropical lowlands and mountains.

Behaviour

Rather sluggish and easily overlooked. Voice. High, monotonous "teet teet teet"

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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