Campethera nivosa maxima Taylor, 1970

Boano, Giovanni, Belemsobgo, Urbain, Silvano, Fabrizio, Hema, Emmanuel M., Belemsobgo, Aristide, Dimobe, Kangbéni & Pavia, Marco, 2022, An annotated checklist of the birds of Burkina Faso, Zoosystema 44 (2), pp. 27-107 : 67

Campethera nivosa maxima Taylor, 1970

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LITERATURE. — Pavia et al. (2012); Borrow & Demey (2014).

MUSEUM MATERIAL. — MCCI 3381.

STATUS. — Afrotropical vagrant or Resident?.

REMARKS. — The record of an independent juvenile collected in south Burkina Faso, Le Copalier, Comoé-Léraba classified forest, 9°45’37”N, 4°35’49”W, 17.III.2011 ( Pavia et al. 2012) represents the first record of the species for Burkina Faso. The species is probably a Breeding resident in the area, also according to Borrow & Demey (2014), but further research are needed to assess the status of the species in southern Burkina Faso.

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FIG. 12. — Campethera nivosa maxima Taylor,1970,juvenile,17.III.2011;Comoé- Léraba classified forest, Cascade Region (photo M. Pavia).