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Photo by megan perkins
Kakum National Park, Ghana, February 2011

Erythrocercus mccallii

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC and Angola
Eastern Africa: found only in Uganda

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• E. m. nigeriae:

• Dense forests of Sierra Leone to Guinea and south-western Nigeria

• E. m. mccallii:

• South-eastern Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon and Zaire

• E. m. congicus:

• Eastern and southern Zaire to western Uganda

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes and swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

[edit] External Links