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Alternative name: Red-capped Forest Warbler

Artisornis metopias

Orthotomus metopias

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Africa: found in Tanzania and Mozambique.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are two subspecies^[1]

• A. m. metopias (pallidus):

• Montane forests of eastern Tanzania to north-western Mozambique (Njesi Plateau)

• A. m. altus:

• Eastern Tanzania (Uluguru Mountains)

Has been placed in the genus Orthotomus but is now thought not to be related closely with the Asian Tailorbirds.

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

• List of references

[edit] External Links