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Ngaoundaba Ranch, Cameroon, February 2008

Clytospiza monteiri

[edit] Identification

14cm
Male

• Brown upperparts
• Red rump
• Rufous underparts speckled white
• Orange-red throat band
  

Female

• Dull white throat band
• Paler underparts
  

Juvenile

• Lighter upperparts
• Brown grey head

[edit] Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: South-eastern Nigeria to southern Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC, northern Angola
Eastern Africa: southern Sudan,western Kenya, western Uganda

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1] which makes it the only member of its genus.

[edit] Habitat

Grasslands, shrubby areas, savannas, forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects, spiders and grass seeds.

[edit] Breeding

The clutch consists of 4-6 eggs which is incubated for 13 days. The young fledge about 20 days later.

[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. Ezine

• List of references

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