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Eremomela scotops

Photo by safariranger
Location: Haka Park, Harare, Zimbabwe, June 2006

[edit] Identification

Greenish cap and face, merging into grey back.
Bright yellow throat and breast

[edit] Similar Species

Green-backed Eremomela, but their ranges barely overlap

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Limpopo

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• E. s. pulchra (extrema):

• Angola, Zaire, Zambia, western Malawi, Transvaal, Natal

• E. s. congensis (angolensis):

• Southeastern Gabon to Congo, north-western Zaire and northern Angola

• E. s. citriniceps:

• Uganda to western Kenya and western Tanzania

• E. s. kikuyuensis:

• Highlands of central Kenya

[edit] Habitat

Broadleafed woodland, especially miombo, but also in mopane and riverine forests.

[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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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