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Conservation Status

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Vulnerable

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2011, BirdLife International
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Cooleman, Stijn

Distribution

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Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.

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2011, BirdLife International
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Cooleman, Stijn

Habitat

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Lowland primary and secondary forest, forest clearings, and gallery forest mainly in rocky, hilly terrain (BirdLife International 2011)

Rocky hillsides in forest (Lack 2010)

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2011, BirdLife International; Lack 2010
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Cooleman, Stijn

Morphology

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Large, unusual bird with brightly coloured, naked head. Bright, chrome-yellow and black head is diagnostic. Neck and underparts gleaming white with dark, bluish-grey upperparts and tail.

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2011, BirdLife International
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Cooleman, Stijn

Movements and dispersal

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Resident

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2011, BirdLife International
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Cooleman, Stijn