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Salpornis spilonotus salvadori |
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Salpornis spilonota salvadorii |
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Grimpereau tacheté d'Afrique |
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Spotted Creeper |
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Looks like a sunbird with its siz and its curved bill. Upperparts are brown spotted with white, underparts are white streaked with fine grey lines. |
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Quite common in Katanga. |
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Even if they look alike, this bird is not the same as the european creepers. Moves on trunks like woodpeckers but without leaning on its tail. |
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Insects captured along tree trunks. |
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Nest is placed high in trees on a horizontal branch. Nest here at the end of the dry season. |
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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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