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Eurystomus gularis

Photo by Mark Harper
Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana, April 2010

[edit] Identification

25-27cm.

[edit] Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC, Angola
Eastern Africa: Uganda
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies:

• E. g. gularis::*

• Rainforests of Guinea and western Cameroon

• E. g. neglectus:

• Southern Nigeria to Uganda and Angola

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is in an unlined tree-hole. The clutch of 2-4 eggs are incubated for 17-20 days. The young fledge after approximately another 30 days.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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