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Abijata Shalla Lakes National Park, Ethiopia

Rhinopomastus aterrimus

[edit] Identification

Length 26-28 cm. Glossy black with a short, weakly graduated tail. The black bill is shorter and straighter than that of the Common Scimitar-bill.

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa; Senegambia to Ethiopia and south to Angola and Zambia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Rhinopomastus aterrimus has four subspecies:^[1]

• R. a. aterrimus

• Senegambia to western Sudan

• R. a. emini

• Central Sudan to north-eastern DRC and Uganda

• R. a. notatus

• Ethiopia

• R. a. anchietae

• DRC to western Zambia, Angola and south-eastern Gabon

[edit] Habitat

Wooded savanna, bushland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalisation

A monotonous poui poui poui.

[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.

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