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Prionops retzii nigricans |
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Prionops retzii nigricans |
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Prionops de Retz |
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Retz's Red-billed Helmet Shrike |
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| Sehelela (Kitshokwe) ; Dipampi (Kiluba); buteletele, bulumbwalumbwa (Kibemba) | |
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Dark brown, almost black with white anal region. Bill, eye-ring and legs are bright red. |
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Common in Katanga, especially in wooded savannas (Miombo). |
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Sociable bird seen in groups flying at low height in the miombo. Not very shy, can easily be approached. Easy to observe, they are constantly noisy. |
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Insectivorous. |
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Nests from the end of the dry season until March. |
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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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