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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

242. Parus ledoucii

242. ALGERIAN COAL TITMOUSE.
PARUS LEDOUCII.
Parus ledoucii, Malherbe, Cat. Ois. Alg. in Mem. de la Soc. d’Hist. Nat. de la Moselle, p. 45 (1842) ; Dresser, iii. p. 85, pl. 107, fig. 1 ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii p. 44.
Bou-reziza, Arabic.
Male ad. (Algeria). Resembles P. ater, but the cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of the neck are bright lemon-yellow ; the nuchal patch yellowish white ; the buck greenish grey, with a tinge of olive, rather brighter on the rump, and the under parts lemon-yellow. Culmen 0.4, wing 2.5, tail 2.0, tarsus 0.75 inch.
Hab. Algeria.
It inhabits the evergreen oak woods and conifer groves, and is not uncommon. In its general habits it resembles P. ater, but its note is described as peculiar, being something between the loud bell-like note of P. major and the well-known call of P. ater. It breeds like its congeners in holes in trees, and its eggs resemble those of P. ater, but the spots are, as a rule, smaller.

BookTitle: 
A Manual Of Palaearctic Birds
Reference: 
Dresser, Henry Eeles. A Manual of Palaearctic Birds. Vol. 1. 1902.
Title in Book: 
242. Parus ledoucii
Book Author: 
H. E. Dresser
CatNo: 
242
Year: 
1902
Page No: 
166
Common name: 
Algerian Coal Titmouse
M_ID: 
21060
M_SN: 
Periparus ater ledouci
Volume: 
Vol. 1
Term name: 
id: 
9950

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