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Ptyrticus turdinus upembae |
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Ptyrticus turdinus upembae |
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Grive akalat à dos roux |
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Thrush Babbler |
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Marshy woods and gallery forests. Found in the west of Katanga. The subspecies upembae is found in the Upemba park but also at Kasaji and at Kabinda in the Lomami. |
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Call resembles that of the oriole. Very discreet bird usually only detected through its call. |
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Feeds on insects caught on the ground. |
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It is thought that nidification takes place here from October to December. |
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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.
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