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Male
Photo by martinuk
Fort Portal, Kabarole District, Uganda, July 2013
Female
Photo by martinuk
Fort Portal, Kabarole District, Uganda, July 2013
Nesocharis ansorgei

Identification

Distribution

Found in the Albertine Rift region of Uganda, Rwanda, eastern DR Congo and extreme northwest Tanzania.
Uncommon to scarce but probably overlooked.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
May form a superspecies with Shelley's Oliveback and is even sometimes considered conspecific.

Habitat

Found in papyrus swamps, lakeshore thickets, in bushes and trees bordering streams and in marshy forest edges.
Occurs from 1000 to 1900m.

Behaviour

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