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Onychognathus tenuirostris

Photo by Solomon
Location: Baraknaha Senafe Eritrea a few Kms from the Eritro Ethiopian Border.

[edit] Identification

Length 29-33 cm. A rufous-winged starling with a long slender bill and relatively long tail.

[edit] Distribution

Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Onychognathus tenuirostris has two subspecies:¹

• O. t. tenuirostris

• Eritrea and Ethiopia

• O. t. theresae

• Eastern Zaire, northern Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, extreme eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda.

[edit] Habitat

Usually near rivers; especially waterfalls.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

• List of references

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