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Corvus gymnocephalus, Print, The white-necked rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus) is a medium-sized bird in the family Picathartidae, with a long neck and tail. Also known as the white-necked picathartes, this passerine is mainly found in rocky forested areas at higher altitudes in West Africa from Guinea to Ghana. Its distribution is patchy, with populations often being isolated from each other. The rockfowl typically chooses to live near streams and inselbergs. It has no recognized subspecies, though some believe that it forms a superspecies with the grey-necked rockfowl. The white-necked rockfowl has greyish-black upperparts and white underparts. Its unusually long, dark brown tail is used for balance, and its thighs are muscular. The head is nearly featherless, with the exposed skin being bright yellow except for two large, circular black patches located just behind the eyes. Though the bird is usually silent, some calls are known., 1700-1880.

Corvus gymnocephalus, Print, The white-necked rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus) is a medium-sized bird in the family Picathartidae, with a long neck and tail. Also known as the white-necked picathartes, this passerine is mainly found in rocky forested areas at higher altitudes in West Africa from Guinea to Ghana. Its distribution is patchy, with populations often being isolated from each other. The rockfowl typically chooses to live near streams and inselbergs. It has no recognized subspecies, though some believe that it forms a superspecies with the grey-necked rockfowl. The white-necked rockfowl has greyish-black upperparts and white underparts. Its unusually long, dark brown tail is used for balance, and its thighs are muscular. The head is nearly featherless, with the exposed skin being bright yellow except for two large, circular black patches located just behind the eyes. Though the bird is usually silent, some calls are known., 1700-1880.
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Corvus gymnocephalus, Print, The white-necked rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus) is a medium-sized bird in the family Picathartidae, with a long neck and tail. Also known as the white-necked picathartes, this passerine is mainly found in rocky forested areas at higher altitudes in West Africa from Guinea to Ghana. Its distribution is patchy, with populations often being isolated from each other. The rockfowl typically chooses to live near streams and inselbergs. It has no recognized subspecies, though some believe that it forms a superspecies with the grey-necked rockfowl. The white-necked rockfowl has greyish-black upperparts and white underparts. Its unusually long, dark brown tail is used for balance, and its thighs are muscular. The head is nearly featherless, with the exposed skin being bright yellow except for two large, circular black patches located just behind the eyes. Though the bird is usually silent, some calls are known., 1700-1880
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Keywords:
1700-1880 • ANATOMY: HEAD • BALANCE • BELIEVE • BIRD • BRIGHT YELLOW EXCEPT • CALLS • CIRCULAR BLACK PATCHES LOCATED • CORVUS GYMNOCEPHALUS • DARK BROWN TAIL • DISTRIBUTION • EXPOSED SKIN • EYE • EYEBALLS • EYES • FAMILIAR • FAMILY • FORMS • GHANA • GREY-NECKED ROCKFOWL • GREYISH-BLACK UPPERPARTS • GUINEA • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HIGHER ALTITUDES • INSELBERGS • ISOLATED • LIVE • LONG NECK • MAINLY • MEDIUM-SIZED BIRD • MUSCULAR • NEARLY FEATHERLESS • NO RECOGNIZED SUBSPECIES • PASSERINE • PATCHY • PICATHARTES GYMNOCEPHALUS • PICATHARTIDAE • POPULATIONS • PRINT • REPUBLIC OF GUINEA • ROCKFOWL TYPICALLY CHOOSES • ROCKY FORESTED AREAS • STREAMS • SUPERSPECIES • TAIL • THIGHS • THOUGH • TWO LARGE • UNUSUALLY LONG • USUALLY SILENT • WEST AFRICA • WHITE UNDERPARTS • WHITE-NECKED PICATHARTES • WHITE-NECKED ROCKFOWL