Papyrus Yellow Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Thin-billed Flycatcher-Warbler

Calamonastides gracilirostris

Chloropeta gracilirostris

Identification

14 cm. Warm olive-brown to russet above, especially on tail. Yellow below, olive across breast and flanks.

Distribution

Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Taxonomy

Chloropeta gracilirostris has two subspecies:²

• C. g. gracilirostris

• Eastern DRC, western Kenya, western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi

• C. g. bensoni

• North-eastern Zambia (mouth of Luapula River)

Formerly placed in genus Chloropeta.

Habitat

Papyrus swamps.

Status

Classified as Vulnerable in the 2008 IUCN Red List.¹

Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

References

1. BirdLife International. 2008. Species factsheet: Chloropeta gracilirostris. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/9/2008.
2. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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