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Bias musicus

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Female
Location: Uganda

[edit] Identification

Length 14-15 cm. Black crest and bill. Yellow eyes, legs and feet.

Male: Black upperparts, throat and bib; white wing patches.

Female: Bright chestnut back and tail.

[edit] Distribution

Africa:
West Africa: Sierra Leone to northern Angola, Zaire
East Africa: Uganda, Kenya to eastern Tanzania

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 3 subspecies:

• B. m. musicus (feminina, pallidiventris):

• Sierra Leone to northern Angola, Zaire, Uganda and north-western Tanzania

• B. m. changamwensis:

• Kenya to eastern Tanzania

• B. m. clarens:

• Southern Malawi to eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique

[edit] Habitat

Dry and moist lowland forests and moist montane forest up to altitude of 1500 m.s.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalisation

A loud whistle; whitu-whitu-whitu.

[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. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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