Kemp's Longbill

Kemp's LongbillAt Bia National Park in Ghana, this longbill was fairly common in tangles beneath broken canopy. A specimen comparison describes brown, gray, and buff plumage, with elongated silky feathers on the flanks and rump.What does it look like?A 1953 skin comparison describes brown, gray, and buff plumage with elongated silky feathers on the flanks and rump. Compared with Polioptila, the bill is longer and heavier and the feet larger.How does it live?At Bia National Park in Ghana, this longbill was fairly common in tangles beneath broken canopy. A specimen comparison describes brown, gray, and buff plumage, with elongated silky feathers on the flanks and rump.A survey at Bia National Park in Ghana found it fairly common in tangles beneath broken canopy.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.