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Location: Seldomseen, Bvumba, Zimbabwe

Arizelocichla milanjensis

Includes: Olive-headed Greenbul; Stripe-faced Greenbul

[edit] Identification

21 cms. Grey head, black bill, yellow olive throat, grey legs, olive green back, brown eyes.

[edit] Distribution

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

[edit] Taxonomy

The subspecies olivaceiceps is sometimes split as Olive-headed Greenbul, Andropadus olivaceiceps, striifacies as Stripe-faced Greenbul.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Andropadus.

[edit] Habitat

Boreal and moist montane forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants hawked aerially, killed and then eaten; seeds are also eaten.

The nest is built high up in the tree canopy and 2 white eggs are laid.

[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. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.9). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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