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

Photographs

Saly, Senegal - Feb 16, 2004 © Alain Fossé  Saly, Senegal - Feb 16, 2004 © Alain Fossé  Saly, Senegal - Feb 15, 2004 © Alain Fossé  Lagos, Nigeria - Feb 29, 2004 © Charlie Moores  Lagos, Nigeria - Feb 29, 2004 © Charlie Moores 
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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).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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