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Cercococcyx montanus

[edit] Identification

33 cm

• Olive brown head
• Cream throat
• Olive brown back
• Yellow legs
• Brown eyes.

[edit] Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies

• C. m. montanus:

• Montane forests of south-western Uganda, eastern Zaire and Rwanda

• C. m. patulus:

• Montane forests of Kenya to southern Zaire, Zambia and Mozambique

[edit] Habitat

Riverine forests and close to water.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants, hawked aerially.

[edit] 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.
2. Avibase
3. Birdsinsa

• List of references

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