From today's featured article
The
white-necked rockfowl is a medium-sized bird in the
family Picathartidae, mainly found in fragmented groups in rocky forested areas at higher altitudes in
West Africa from Guinea to Ghana. The rockfowl typically chooses to live near streams and
inselbergs.
It has greyish-black upperparts and white underparts. Its unusually
long, dark brown tail is used for balance. The head is nearly
featherless, with the exposed skin being bright yellow except for two
large, circular black patches located just behind the eyes. These
rockfowl feed primarily on insects, though parents feed small frogs to
their young. Rockfowl move through the forest primarily through a series
of hops and bounds or short flights in low vegetation.
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