Alternative name: Black-capped Rufous Warbler
- Bathmocercus cerviniventris
Identification
13 cm (5 ib)
- Short wings
- Short graduated tail
Distribution
Western Africa: found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
The Black-faced Rufous Warbler from central and east Africa has been split from this species.
Habitat
Thick undergrowth in lowland, montane and gallery forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of small insects, such as beetles, grasshoppers and mantis nymphs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-headed Rufous Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-headed_Rufous_Warbler
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
