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Alternative names: Dohrn's Flycatcher; Principe Flycatcher-Babbler

Horizorhinus dohrni

[edit] Identification

At 14 - 15 cm, a small, babbler-like passerine:

• Grey and olive above
• Yellowish-white below
• Prominent dark breastband
• Long, deep bill

Sexes similar, juveniles like adults.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Principe Island in the Gulf of Guinea (Africa).
Restricted-range species, but abundant and not threatened.¹

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.^{1, 2}
Relationships uncertain and further study needed. Has been considered to be a Thrush, an Old World Warbler or an Old World Flycatcher. Due to bill morphology and voice (resembling Mountain-Babblers) placed in the Babblers.¹

[edit] Habitat

Bushes and small trees, primary forest, secondary forest, cocoa plantations, coconut plantations, villages. Found at all elevations.

[edit] Behaviour

Usually seen in pairs or small groups of up to 8 birds, sometimes more. Noisy. Associates sometimes with Principe Golden-Weaver and Principe Glossy-Starling.

Resident species.¹

[edit] Diet

Feeds on insects and small snails. Takes also berries and seeds. Forages low in understorey and undergrowth, inspecting undersides of branches and sallies after insects.

[edit] Breeding

Breeding season from June to September, probably also in other months. The nest is a fragile cup made of dry leaves and dead grass. One reported nest held two young.

[edit] References

1. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1994. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334153
2. 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

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