Passeriformes

Picathartes (Picathartidae)

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• Relatively large passerines with long, broad tail, disproportionately large bill, relatively long and muscular legs; plumage dark above and whitish below, with bare skin of head brightly coloured.
• West and western Central Africa.
• Rainforest, extending into farmbush and second growth.
• 1 genus, 2 species, 2 taxa.
• 2 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.