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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Length 20-21 cm, mass about 70 g. | Length 20-21 cm, mass about 70 g. | ||
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| + | '''Male:''' The forehead and crown are black speckled red, and the nape is red; the malar stripes are dark red with black spots. The lores and ear-coverts are off-white with black spots. The wings, rump and back are olive-green with sparse pale yellow speckles on the back. The wings are barred pale yellow. The tail is olive with yellowish bars and golden-yellow shafts. The underparts are off-white with large black blotches (diagnostic). The bill is black, the eyes dark reddish brown and the legs and feet are dark grey. | ||
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| + | '''Female:''' Similar to the male, but with an olive forehead and crown that are spotted pale yellow, a malar stripe that is black speckled white, and a shorter bill. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Coastal South Africa, east of 20°E and south of 20°20'S. | + | Coastal [[South Africa]], east of 20°E and south of 20°20'S. |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Monotypic, although birds of the coastal forests are darker and smaller than those of the more arid interior. | Monotypic, although birds of the coastal forests are darker and smaller than those of the more arid interior. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Campethera+notata}} | {{GSearch|Campethera+notata}} | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:00, 28 April 2020
- Campethera notata
Identification
Length 20-21 cm, mass about 70 g.
Male: The forehead and crown are black speckled red, and the nape is red; the malar stripes are dark red with black spots. The lores and ear-coverts are off-white with black spots. The wings, rump and back are olive-green with sparse pale yellow speckles on the back. The wings are barred pale yellow. The tail is olive with yellowish bars and golden-yellow shafts. The underparts are off-white with large black blotches (diagnostic). The bill is black, the eyes dark reddish brown and the legs and feet are dark grey.
Female: Similar to the male, but with an olive forehead and crown that are spotted pale yellow, a malar stripe that is black speckled white, and a shorter bill.
Distribution
Coastal South Africa, east of 20°E and south of 20°20'S.
Taxonomy
Monotypic, although birds of the coastal forests are darker and smaller than those of the more arid interior.
Habitat
Thickets, forests and plantations.
Behaviour
Resient and territorial; usually in pairs. Joins mixed-species feeding flocks. Forages for ants and termites in trees, mainly in mid-canopy.
Breeding: Monogamous, soliatry nester. The nest is a hole excavated, usually in a dead trunk or branch, 1-6 m above the ground. Two to four eggs are laid August to November. Parasitised by Greater Honeyguide and Scaly-throated Honeyguide.
References
Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. Robert's Birds of Southern Africa, 7th edition. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 0620340533
