rockfowl

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noun Either of two bird species in the passerine family Picathartidae endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.

From: rock + fowl

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These include the near-endemic white-eyed prinia Prinia leontica (VU), the grey-winged robinchat Cossypha polioptera, lemon dove Columba larvata, Sharp's apalis Apalis sharpei, whitenecked rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus (VU) and Nimba flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae (VU), A detailed account of birds in Liberian Nimba is given in Coston & Curry-Lindahl (1986).

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008
Gray-necked rockfowl (Picathartes oreas), Cameroon.

Cameroonian Highlands forests 2009
The avifauna is allied to that of the Western Area Forest Reserve and Gola Forest of Sierra Leone, and the presence of the yellow-headed rockfowl further extends the natural range of this species as far as the northern limit of the Western Guinean Lowland Forest.

Western Guinean lowland forests 2008
The most important of these include the yellow-headed rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus, VU), rufous fishing owl (Scotopelia ussheri, EN), and yellow-throated olive greenbul (Criniger olivaceus, VU).

Western Guinean lowland forests 2008
The presence of the rare yellow-headed rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus, VU) has also been confirmed in the Loma Mountains.

Guinean montane forests 2007