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Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, August 2008

Tockus bradfieldi

[edit] Identification

50-57 cm

• White belly
• Black back and wings
• Yellow iris
• Long white tail
• Long red bill
  

Female:smaller

• Turquoise facial skin

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: southern Angola
Eastern Africa: south-western Zambia
Southern Africa: Namibia, northern Botswana, North-western Zimbabwe

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Open mopane woodland and mixed thornveld.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruits, large insects, nuts and small reptiles.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

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