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(presumably delamerei)
Photo by Glen Tepke
Amboseli National Park, Kenya, June 2009

Spizocorys fremantlii

Distribution

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognized¹: fremantlii, megaensis, and delamerei.
Formerly placed in genus Pseudalaemon.

Habitat

Dry savanna, dry shrubland and dry lowland grassland.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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