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| + | [[Image:303 csg sm filtered.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}}<br />Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary, Kamwenge District, [[Uganda]], July 2013]] | ||
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| + | ;[[:Category:Eurillas|Eurillas]] curvirostris | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 17 cm (6¾ in); as the name implies, a very plain greenbul | |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Africa]] | + | [[Image:STH 5082.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Kibale forest, [[Uganda]], July 2018]] |
| + | [[Africa]]:<br /> | ||
| + | '''Western Africa''': [[Guinea]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]] and [[Zaire]]<br /> | ||
| + | '''Eastern Africa''': [[South Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]] and [[Tanzania]]<br /> | ||
| + | '''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Bioko]] (Fernando Po) | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Andropadus|Andropadus]]''. | ||
| + | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| + | There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
| + | *''E. c. leonina'': | ||
| + | :*[[Sierra Leone]] to central [[Ghana]] | ||
| + | *''E. c. curvirostris'': | ||
| + | :*Southern [[Ghana]] east to southern [[South Sudan]], [[Uganda]], and western [[Kenya]], south to northern [[Angola]] and central [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]; Bioko | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Subtropical or tropical | + | Subtropical or tropical evergreen and semi-deciduous forests. Also gallery forests. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Their diet consists of fruit, seeds and snails. | ||
| + | ==Gallery== | ||
| + | Click on photo for larger image | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | Image:Plain greenbul Bigodi swamp.jpg|Photo © by {{user|Tib78|Tib78}}<br />Bwindi National Park, [[Uganda]], December 2014 <!--Image is not in the Gallery--> | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Avibase | ||
| + | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014) | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch| | + | {{GSearch|Greenbul+curvirostris}} |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category: | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eurillas]] |
Latest revision as of 01:22, 31 December 2018
Alternative name: Cameroon Sombre Greenbul
- Eurillas curvirostris
Identification
17 cm (6¾ in); as the name implies, a very plain greenbul
Distribution
Africa:
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Zaire
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Andropadus.
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- E. c. leonina:
- Sierra Leone to central Ghana
- E. c. curvirostris:
- Southern Ghana east to southern South Sudan, Uganda, and western Kenya, south to northern Angola and central Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bioko
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical evergreen and semi-deciduous forests. Also gallery forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of fruit, seeds and snails.
Gallery
Click on photo for larger image
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
