African wide-latitude [1] ( lat. Eurystomus glaucurus ) is a bird of the bluish family ( Coraciidae ).
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Content
- 1 Description
- 2 Distribution
- 3 Subspecies
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Description
The African latitude is about 29-30 cm in size. The upper and lower parts of the body, as well as the head, are brownish to chestnut in color, and the chest has a purple hue. Primary and minor wing feathers are dark blue. The tail is blue on the underside, dark at the end. The undertail is also blue. The yellow beak is short and strong. The legs are gray, the irises are dark.
Distribution
The African latitude is widespread in Madagascar , west of Senegal to eastern Sudan , in southern Angola and in the north of South Africa .
The ranges of blue-necked latitude and African latitude intersect in the Central and West African zone of the humid jungle. The blue-necked wide-mouth is smaller and has a small blue spot on the throat. The upper body, chest and belly are also brownish. The lower body is blackish.
The African latitude lives in large meadows and along riverbanks in the wet jungle zone, in the savannah, on cultivated land with rare trees, on wooded hills and grassy plains with several groups of trees. The bird needs large trees and it lives mainly near ponds.
Subspecies
- E. g. Afer is distributed from Senegal through Nigeria to Sudan. The back is brown, the sides of a weak greenish-blue color.
- E. g. Aethiopicus - the distribution area intersects in Sudan with E. g. Afer , and in Uganda and Kenya with E. g. Suahelicus , in addition, it lives in Ethiopia. Outwardly similar to E. g. Afer , however, it is slightly larger, and parts of the body are rusty and violet shades lighter.
- E. G. suahelicus - the distribution area intersects with E. G. afer and E. G. aethiopicus between 5 ° north latitude and the equator, and the range extends to Angola, Transvaal and Zululand . The body parts of the rusty and violet shades are lighter than those of E. g. Aethiopicus . The head is a blurry purple color, the lower body is blue. It is slightly larger than E. g. Afer .
- E. g. Glaucurus is distributed in Madagascar; wintering in East Africa. It is similar to E. g. Suahelicus , only larger, and the lower part of the body is dark gray-blue.
Notes
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 181. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
Literature
- CH Fry, K. Fry, A. Harris: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers. ISBN 0-7136-8028-8 (English)