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Alternative name: African Moustached Warbler
- Melocichla mentalis
Identification
Length 18-19 cm. A large, plain warbler with a dark, broad, rounded tail. It has a black malar stripe and unstreaked breast and backand.
Distribution
Tropical Africa
Taxonomy
Melocichla mentalis has five subspecies:[1]
- M. m. mentalis
- M. m. amauroura
- South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia south to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western and central Kenya, western Tanzania, and northern and central Zambia
- M. m. orientalis
- M. m. incana
- Northeastern Tanzania
- M. m. luangwae
Habitat
Long, rank grass adjacent to forest.
Behaviour
References
- 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/
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/1478AA79]. Retrieved 4 January 2021
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Moustached Grass Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Moustached_Grass_Warbler
External Links
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