Evergreen Forest Warbler - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative names: Lopez' Warbler; Cameroon Scrub Warbler

Bradypterus lopezi

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

There are 8 subspecies^[1]:

• B. l. camerunensis:

• Mount Cameroon

• B. l. manengubae

• Mt. Manenguba (southwestern 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].
The scientific name is also spelled lopesi.
^* barakae and mariae have been split by some authorities^[2].

Habitat

Moist shrubland and montanes.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Evergreen Forest Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Evergreen_Forest_Warbler

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