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Alternative name: Kopje Warbler

Photo by Alan Manson
Near Kamassies, Northern Cape, South Africa, October 2011

Euryptila subcinnamomea

[edit] Identification

Length 13-14 cm, mass 10-13 g. A dark brown warbler with a cinnamon forecrown, lower breast, upper belly and rump.

[edit] Distribution

Southern Namibia and western South Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

Euryptila subcinnamomea has two subspecies:¹

• E. s. petrophila

• Namibia and extreme north-western Northern Cape Province

• E. s. subcinnamomea

• Western South Africa

Hockey et al.² regard the species as a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Granitic inselbergs (kopjes) and rocky hillsides with short bushes and grasses.

[edit] Behaviour

Usually solitary; forages on rocks and in shrubs for insects.

[edit] Breeding

Monogamous and probably territorial. The oval nest has a side-entrance and is built in a plant, using grass leaves and stems, within a metre of the ground. Two to four eggs are laid July to December.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Hockey, PAR, WRJ Dean, and PG Ryan, eds. 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. 7th ed. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 978-0620340533

• List of references

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