Picathartes (Picathartidae)
Grey-necked Picathartes (Picathartes oreas) - HBW 12, p. 68
French: Picatharte du Cameroun
German: Buntkopf-Felshüpfer
Spanish: Picatartes Cuelligrís
Other common names: Grey-necked Rockfowl, Red-headed Picathartes/Rockfowl
Taxonomy: Picathartes oreas Reichenow, 1899, Victoria, Cameroon.
Taxonomic position of genus subject to ongoing debate. Now generally considered to represent a monotypic family, related to “thrush-babbler assemblage” of the Timaliidae; has been suggested that closest relatives are the rockjumpers (Chaetops) of South Africa. May form a superspecies with P. gymnocephalus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Equatorial forest belt in SE Nigeria, W & S Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea including Bioko I (Fernando Póo), Gabon and SW PRCongo.
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A single bird near the nest site but in the non-breeding season calling. Locality Campo Ma'an National Park, South Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 4 March 2011 36 weeks ago 31 sec 3.8 -
side on view of adult, preens breast and both wings Locality Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 21 March 2009 2 years ago 51 sec 3.5 -
front view of adult on branch, preens mantle and breast, and shows its crown Locality Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 21 March 2009 2 years ago 37 sec 3.3 -
front view of adult on branch, looks to ground and hops on branch Locality Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 21 March 2009 2 years ago 15 sec 3.3 -
side view of adult perched in forest, preens scapulars, mantle, and then left wing Locality Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 21 March 2009 2 years ago 57 sec 3.3 -
adult preening both wings Locality Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 21 March 2009 2 years ago 48 sec 3
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An old female, the last of its kind in captivity, sitting on a rock
Locality Frankfurt Zoo, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 30 October 2006 2 years ago 3.3 -
in dense forest
Locality Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon
Roland Bischoff 27 July 2003 1 year ago 3.2
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