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Milvus migrans tenebrosus |
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Milvus migrans tenebrosus |
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Milan |
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Yellow-billed Kite |
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| Lukumbikumbi (Tshiluba) ; mpungwe, kifwi (Kitabwa) ; chiyimbi (Lunda) ; pungwa ; kibeba nkuku (Kibemba) ; Nkumbia (Kiluba) | |
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Distinguished from its cousin the black kite by its entirely yellow bill. Plumage is brown and tail is deeply forked. |
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Probably the most common raptor in Katanga. |
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Often attracted by fires, it hunts insects that are trying to escape. Known by villagers as chickens' thieves, they sometimes even steal fish from the line while fishermen bring it back to the boat. |
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Is usually satisfied with garbages found in villages. Have sometimes been seen feeding on palm nuts. |
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Because of its capacity to charge at its prey and find animals' carcasses, the Bemba use it as an ingredient in hunters' charms. They put a piece of its head in a duiker's horn and take it with them when going hunting.
Wiards use it in their evil spells because the bird is able to charge at its prey. This quality is looked for to strike the victim.
A feather of this bird is placed in henhouses to keep poultry away from its attack. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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