- Hyliota flavigaster
Identification
13 cms
Male: Glossy blue-black upperparts, peach-coloured underparts, bold white wing panel, narrow black bill, black legs, shortish tail with white outer rectrices.
Female: similar but duller.
Similar species
Separated from Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea by white wing panel and white, rather than black, underwing coverts.
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi
Southern Africa: occurs only in Namibia
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- H. f. flavigaster:
- Senegambia to Sierra Leone, east to South Sudan, western Ethiopia, Uganda, and western Kenya
- H. f. barbozae:
- Lake Victoria to Angola, Zambia, Malawi and northern Mozambique
Habitat
Moist savanna with medium or large sized trees and open woodland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of a variety of insects and their eggs and includes beetles.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-bellied Hyliota. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-bellied_Hyliota
