Terpsiphone viridis (bird)

Mass: 13.8 g

Diet: insectivore based on Mann 1985, Erard and Brosset 2003, Trager and Mistry 2003, Cordeiro et al. 2015, Smith et al. 2015, and Chaskda et al. 2018; omnivore based on Gove et al. 2013

Abundance: 0.02 to 9.33% (median 1.00%)

Latitudinal range: -34.0° to 10.1°

Habitats: temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical savanna (8)

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Found in 25 samples

Angola: Kumbira Forest, Cangandala National Park

Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011)

Cameroon: Nyong River

Ethiopia: Oromia Region (coffee captures), Oromia Region (forest captures)

Ghana: Samole (wet season), Samole (dry season)

Kenya: Sokoke Forest (lowland rain forest), Nyeri County, Kakamega Forest

Nigeria: Jos Wildlife Park

South Africa: Umdoni Park, Cape Receife, Tonqani

Tanzania: Uluguru South Forest Reserve Basecamp 3, Mangala Forest Reserve (pre-fire), Mangala Forest Reserve (eight months post-fire), Bunduki Forest Reserve (cold season), Bunduki Forest Reserve (hot season)

Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged), Budongo Forest Reserve Compartment N3

Zambia: Balmoral, Copper Chalice, Mwinilunga

Size measurements:
13.8 mm(N = 1)based on

See also Terpsiphone, Terpsiphone cinnamomea, Terpsiphone mutata, Terpsiphone paradisi, Terpsiphone rufiventer, Terpsiphone rufocinerea