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Alternative name: Green-backed Bulbul

Criniger chloronotus

[edit] Identification

19–21cm.

• Grey breast and head
• White chin and throat
• Cream belly
• Black bristles on hindneck and mantle
• Olive green mantle, wings and rump
• Rusty maroon tail
• Sexes alike

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Angola and eastern Zaire.
Eastern Africa: extreme western Uganda
Gulf of Guinea Islands

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Rainforest and cloud forest to 1800m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects, larvae and fruit.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is cup-shaped. The 2 eggs are incubated by the female for 14 days.

[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. Answers.com

• List of references

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