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Common Name

Western Plantain Eater

Alternate Names

Grey Plantain Eater,

Common Type

Plantain Eater

Order

Musophagiformes

Family

Musophagidae

Genus

Crinifer

Species

piscator

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Uganda,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Tropical Acacia savanna and woodlands

Distribution and Range

Senegambia to Central African Republic and western DRC

Food

Feed on fruit, especially figs, seeds and other vegetable matter.

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Field Notes:

These are common, noisy and conspicuous birds, despite lacking the brilliant colours of their close relatives the turacos. There is debat as to whether the two Plantain Eater birds are true species or sub species

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