Alternative name: Olive-headed Greenbul (olivaceiceps)
- Andropadus milanjensis
Identification
21 cms. Grey head, black bill, yellow olive throat, grey legs, olive green back, brown eyes.
Distribution
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
Taxonomy
The subspecies olivaceiceps is sometimes split as Olive-headed Greenbul, Andropadus olivaceiceps.
Habitat
Boreal and moist montane forests.
Behaviour
The diet includes butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants hawked aerially, killed and then eaten; seeds are also eaten.
The nest is built high up in the tree canopy and 2 white eggs are laid.
