Babblers (Timaliidae)
Capuchin Babbler (Phyllanthus atripennis) - HBW 12, p. 228
French: Phyllanthe capucin
German: Schwarzflügeltimalie
Spanish: Charlatán Capuchino
Taxonomy: Crateropus atripennis Swainson, 1837, Senegal.
Race rubiginosus is reported to intergrade with bohndorffi eastwards from Nigeria towards Central African Republic, in zone where precise distribution is unclear and very local. Central populations formerly known as haynesi but this name is a junior synonym of rubiginosus. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atripennis (Swainson, 1837) - Gambia and Senegal S to Liberia.
- rubiginosus (Blyth, 1865) - S Ivory Coast E to C & S Nigeria and W Cameroon.
- bohndorffi (Sharpe, 1884) - S Central African Republic and NE DRCongo E to SW Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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brief view in undergrowth, calling Locality Kalakpa Resource Reserve, Volta Region, Ghana (ssp rubiginosus)
Martin Kennewell 17 December 2010 42 weeks ago 14 sec 2
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A bird carrying nesting material
Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (ssp atripennis)
Johannes Pfleiderer 12 August 2008 2 years ago 3
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