Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Turacos :: Western Plantain-eater
Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
Described by: Boddaert (1783)
Alternate common name(s): Western Gray Plantain-eater, Western Grey Plantain-eater, Grey Plantain-eater, Gray Plantain-eater
Old scientific name(s): Crinifer africanus
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Range
W. Africa;
S. Mauritania, s. Mali, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s. Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, s. Chad, nw. Zaire. Isolated population in Congo and sw. Zaire (lower Congo River s. of Stanley Pool).
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References
Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.
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