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Psalidoprocne albiceps suffusa |
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Psalidoprocne albiceps subfusa |
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Hirondelle hérissée à tête blanche |
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White-headed Saw-wing |
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| Ka-mimbya, kandindi (Kiluba); Kandelandala (Kisonge); Tshiangata makuyi; tshindindindi (Tshiluba); Ka-mimbi (Kitabwa) | |
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Black bird with a white head that is bisected by a black line starting from the base of the bill, running through to eye to the nape. |
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In Katanga, found in the south-east of the province (Dilolo, Sandoa) and in the Marungus. |
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The bird has an hesitant flight and is sometimes seen followed by butterflies. |
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Insects that are caught in flight. |
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Nidification takes place in a gallery dug in a river bank. |
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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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