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In The Gambia VT is doing well in green spaces where well established mangos are replacing indigenous trees: congener C. piscator is now a successful peri urban bird (forages on several introduced leady trees eg Moringa) – large coastal domestic gardens etc esp. ones that provide water in ponds & pots also in mangroves & along the river; evidence of some birds adapting to chronic habitat changes and flying further distance across open spaces. Other upper limit forest birds in The Gambia (Wacher (1993) are faring much worse. Where is the evidence of bird trade export from W Africa & from exactly where to where ?: good numbers of Certatogymna hornbills & great blue turaco are proven victims of recent trade
In The Gambia VT is doing well in green spaces where well established mangos are replacing indigenous trees: congener C. piscator is now a successful peri urban bird (forages on several introduced leady trees eg Moringa) – large coastal domestic gardens etc esp. ones that provide water in ponds & pots also in mangroves & along the river; evidence of some birds adapting to chronic habitat changes and flying further distance across open spaces. Other upper limit forest birds in The Gambia (Wacher (1993) are faring much worse. Where is the evidence of bird trade export from W Africa & from exactly where to where ?: good numbers of Certatogymna hornbills & great blue turaco are proven victims of recent trade