Green-backed Eremomela - BirdForum Opus

Eremomela canescens

Identification

10–11 cm

• Olive-green upperparts
• Grey head
• Yellowish-green rump and uppertail coverts

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, Senegambia, The Gambia, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• E. c. canescens:

• Eastern Cameroon, southern Chad and Central African Republic to South Sudan, extreme northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and western Kenya

• E. c. elegans:

• Sudan (Darfur and Kordofan to Sennar)

• E. c. abyssinica:

• Southeastern Sudan, eastern South Sudan, western Eritrea, and western and central Ethiopia

• E. c. elgonensis:

• Western Kenya (Mount Elgon to southern Nandi Hills)

Habitat

Acacia woodland, open wooded savanna.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects and caterpillars.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-backed Eremomela. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-backed_Eremomela

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