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Species Profile

Genus:
Bolborhynchus

Species:
aurifrons

Size:	Adult Weight:
18cm (7 in)	45g (1.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
four: B.a. aurifrons, B.a. robertsi, B.a. margaritae, B.a. rubrirostris

Colourization Adult: B.a. aurifrons: male-mainly green in colour; yellow face, throat, and sides of breast; emerald green cheeks; strong yellow wash on lower breast and upper abdomen; blue outer webs of primary feathers. Bill horn in colour. Eye brown. Female-yellow on forehead and lores absent. B.a. robertsi: male-darker green underparts, omitting chin and throat, yellow wash absent; bright yellow chin and throat. Female-as in aurifrons, but underparts darker green. B.a. margaritae: both adults as in female aurifrons. Larger in size; shorter tail. Bill horn coloured in male, dusky grey in female. B.a. rubrirostris: both adults as in margaritae, but darker green head and underparts, tinted with blue. Bill pink/buff in male, dusky grey in female.

Colourization Juvenile: B.a. aurifrons: as in adult female, but with shorter tail.

Call: Calls are described as weak and piping; also a high-pitched twittering. Some notes rolling.

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