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- Bradypterus lopezi
Bradypterus lopesi
Identification
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: *
- B. l. boultoni:
- B. l. mariae: *
- B. l. usambarae:
- Southern Kenya (Taita Hills) to south-western Tanzania, northern Malawi, northern Mozambique
- B. l. ufipae:
- 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.
Behaviour
References
- 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.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Evergreen Forest Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Evergreen_Forest_Warbler