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Crinifer concolor

Crinifer concolor · Family Musophagidae

Family Musophagidae

Order
Musophagiformes
Family
Musophagidae
GBIF occurrence records
247,611
Countries and territories with records
21
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About this species

This species has 247,611 occurrence records from 21 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (75.1%), Namibia (11.3%), Botswana (5.4%), Zimbabwe (5.2%) and Zambia (1.9%); together they account for 98.8% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.47% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Crinifer concolor combines the genus name Crinifer with the species epithet concolor. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Crinifer; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Crinifer piscator, Crinifer leucogaster and Crinifer zonurus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 23 species of the family Musophagidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 10.6 times the family average (23,407). The family Musophagidae belongs to the order Musophagiformes, which has 23 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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