Evergreen Forest Warbler

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Bradypterus lopezi

Includes Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopesi

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, DRC and Angola
Eastern Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 8 subspecies:

• B. l. camerunensis:

• Mount Cameroon

• B. l. lopezi:

• Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)

• B. l. barakae: ^*

• Zaire, Rwanda and south-western Uganda

• B. l. boultoni:

• Angola

• B. l. mariae: ^*

• Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania

• B. l. usambarae:

• Southern Kenya (Taita Hills) to south-western Tanzania, northern Malawi, northern Mozambique

• B. l. ufipae:

• South-western Tanzania to south-eastern Zaire and northern Zambia

• B. l. granti:

• Malawi (south of Nyika) to northern Mozambique (Mount Chiperone)

An additional subspecies manengubae is not generally recognised^[1].

^* barakae and mariae have been split as Evergreen Forest Warbler by some authorities^[2].

Habitat

Moist shrubland and montanes.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Evergreen Forest Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Evergreen_Forest_Warbler

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