Buntkopf Rockhopper
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Buntkopf Felshüpfer ( Picathartes oreas ) and Gelbkopf Felshüpfer ( Picathartes gymnocephalus ) |
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The Buntkopf Felshüpfer ( Picathartes oreas ) is a critically endangered rockhopper from the Picathartidae family . The population of the species is spatially fragmented across central Africa . The density of this species is very low in the areas where the Buntkopf rockhopper prefers to live. Its habitat is getting smaller and smaller due to overexploitation of the rainforest. This is why the bird is on the IUCN's Red List of Endangered Species .
ID
The bird is relatively large. The head is colored carmine , black and purple. The body has a bluish-gray color that turns into a silky gray at the neck. The chest and belly are yellow. The Buntkopf rockhopper occasionally hops on the forest floor or can be spotted on short flights between the trees. Long or extended flights of the bird are not known.
Distribution area
The Buntkopf rockhopper can be found in southeastern Nigeria , western and southern Cameroon , Gabon , on the continental part of Equatorial Guinea and in the southwest of Bioko . Usually it moves in the canopy of the primary rainforest. The breeding places of the animals are very specific. Rock ledges are preferred to protect the nests from rain, falling stones and intruders.
literature
- Christopher M. Perrins (Ed.): The FSVO encyclopedia birds of the world. Translated from the English by Einhard Bezzel. BLV, Munich / Vienna / Zurich 2004, ISBN 978-3-405-16682-3 , pp. 515 ff (title of the original English edition: The New Encyclopedia Of Birds. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003).
- Hazell Thompson, Handbook of the Birds of the World , Vol. 12., Chapter: Family Picathartidae (Picathartes), Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2007, pp. 60-69, ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2 .
Web links
- Picathartes oreas inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.1. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Gray-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes oreas ) . Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Gray-necked Picathartes (Picathartes oreas) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Buntkopf rockhopper ( Picathartes oreas ) at Avibase; Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- Picathartes oreas in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- xeno-canto: Sound recordings - Gray-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes oreas )
swell
- ↑ Gray-necked Picathartes BirdLife Species Factsheet
- ↑ BIRDS OF NIGERIA ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BIRDS OF CAMEROON ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BIRDS OF GABON ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
