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[[Image:Yellow_Flycatcher_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Alan Manson | [[Image:Yellow_Flycatcher_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Alan Manson | ||
<br>Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]] | <br>Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | ==Distribution | + | Length 14-15 cm, mass 12 g. Upperparts olive-brown; tail and flight feathers darker. Underparts bright yellow. Bill dark, eyes brown, legs and feet slate-grey. Sexes similar. Song rich and distinctive. |
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Sub-Saharan Africa: Cameroon to Ethiopia and eastern South Africa. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | There are three or four subspecies; There is variation in the plumage coloration (different shades of brown and yellow). | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Rank vegetation along watercourses and forest edges and near wetlands. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Usually found singly or in pairs, these birds are inconspicuous unless singing. They forage for invertebrates low down in the vegetation. | ||
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| + | The nest is a cup of grass blades made within 2 m of the ground; 2-3 eggs are laid. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. ''Robert's Birds of Southern Africa'', 7th edition. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 0620340533 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Chloropeta+natalensis}} | {{GSearch|Chloropeta+natalensis}} | ||
| − | + | *[http://birdquest.net/afbid/search.php?func=searchresult&af_bs_id=1513 View more images of this species on the African Bird Image Database.] | |
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[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 05:33, 31 October 2007
- Chloropeta natalensis
Identification
Length 14-15 cm, mass 12 g. Upperparts olive-brown; tail and flight feathers darker. Underparts bright yellow. Bill dark, eyes brown, legs and feet slate-grey. Sexes similar. Song rich and distinctive.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa: Cameroon to Ethiopia and eastern South Africa.
Taxonomy
There are three or four subspecies; There is variation in the plumage coloration (different shades of brown and yellow).
Habitat
Rank vegetation along watercourses and forest edges and near wetlands.
Behaviour
Usually found singly or in pairs, these birds are inconspicuous unless singing. They forage for invertebrates low down in the vegetation.
The nest is a cup of grass blades made within 2 m of the ground; 2-3 eggs are laid.
References
Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. Robert's Birds of Southern Africa, 7th edition. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 0620340533
