Pulitzer's Longbill (Macrosphenus pulitzeri)

Other Names (World)
Pulitzer's Longbill, Pulitzer's Greenbul

Family
Macrosphenidae (Crombecs And Allies)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Boulton, 1931

Habitat
Dry evergreen forest and secondary growth. From 800 - 1,030 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola (B) (NB).

Escarpment of western Angola in Cuanza Sul (between Uku and Sumbe) and Benguela (near Chingoroi and Balabaia).

Population
Estimated population is 250 - 999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction through conversion to subsistence agriculture, frequent fires from uncontrolled slash-and-burn agriculture, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Series of high-pitched, sparrow-like notes, repeated slowly, uttered explosively and more softly, with some variation: e.g. 'tee-tchyoi' and 'tee, ti-twuh'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Pulitzer's Longbill (Macrosphenus pulitzeri) [XC417376]
by Derek Engelbrecht from Conda, Conda, Kwanza-Sul, Angola (call)

Pulitzer's Longbill (Macrosphenus pulitzeri) [XC687281]
by Derek Engelbrecht from Konda (near Ro\u00e7a Alto Minho), Conda, Kwanza-Sul, Angola (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Grey Longbill (Macrosphenus concolor).

References
See References.

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