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Red-winged Grey Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by volker sthamer
Similiki Game Reserve, Uganda, January 2019
Drymocichla incana

Identification

13 cm (5 in) A small warbler;

  • Grey crown, face and upperparts
  • Red wing patch

Distribution

Africa: found in extreme Nigeria and Cameroon east to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern South Sudan, and northwestern Uganda.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Savanna in Sudan and Guinea; riparian woodland and thickets.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of small insects.
They occur singly, pairs and family groups. Also joins mixed species groups at times.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2019)

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