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Lamprotornis caudatus

Photo by wim de groot
Photographed in The Gambia in Jan 2004

[edit] Identification

54 cm. Metallic green upperparts, violet underparts and a 34 cm long purple tail. The face is black with a yellow eye. The sexes are similar, but juveniles are duller, with a brownish tone to the plumage.

[edit] Distribution

Senegal east to Sudan.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodland and cultivation.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a nest in hole. The normal clutch is 2 to 4 eggs.

Diet includes fruit and insects.

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