Hartert's Camaroptera - BirdForum Opus

Camaroptera harterti

Identification

• Greyish-brown upperside with green wings and tail
• Underside pale
• Bill black, legs pink

Female differs in buff wash to lower breast and belly

Distribution

North-western Angola

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Recently split from Green-backed Camaroptera

Habitat

Dense understory in forests, old coffee plantations, etc.

Behaviour

Presumably eats insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Ryan, P. (2020). Hartert's Camaroptera (Camaroptera harterti), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gnbcam3.01

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hartert's Camaroptera. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hartert%27s_Camaroptera

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