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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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10 cm
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*Yellow face and [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
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*Long slender bill
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*Short tail
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Africa]].
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[[Africa]]<br />
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'''Western Africa''': [[Guinea]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]], [[Zaire]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Uganda]]<br />
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'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Bioko]] (Fernando Po)
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist lowland forests and shrubland.
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Moist lowland forests and forest edges and shrubland,
 
==Behaviour==
 
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of a variety of insects including caterpillars, moths, termites and grasshoppers.
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Camaroptera]]

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Camaroptera superciliaris
Photo by barty63
Ghana, October 2013

Identification

10 cm

  • Yellow face and supercilium
  • Long slender bill
  • Short tail

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Zaire
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and forest edges and shrubland,

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of a variety of insects including caterpillars, moths, termites and grasshoppers.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)

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