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Tauraco bannermani

Identification

43cm

  • Grey face
  • Pale, golden-green neck and breast
  • Dark green upper parts
  • Belly, undertail coverts and rump blackish washed green
  • Purple blue uppertail coverts and tail
  • Bright crimson wing patches
  • Yellow bill with a dark red culmen and exposed nostrils.

Distribution

Western Africa: endemic to south-western Cameroon (Bamenda-Banso highlands)

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Crags and ravines in highland montane forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit.

Breeding

It builds a twiggy platform concealed in trees or bushes among creepers. The two white eggs are incubated by both parents.

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.
  2. ArKive

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External Links

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