Grey-backed camaroptera

Camaroptera brevicaudata

The grey-backed camaroptera is a small bird in the Cisticolidae family. This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Recent studies suggest this species and the green-backed camaroptera may be the same species.
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Appearance

These 11.5 cm long warblers have grey upperparts and a grey short cocked tail. The wings are olive and the underparts whitish grey. The sexes are similar, but juveniles are paler yellow on the breast.
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Behavior

Like most warblers, grey-backed camaroptera is insectivorous. The call is a whining ''sheee......sheee'', and the song is a crisp ''twik twik twik twik twik ''.
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Habitat

This skulking passerine is typically found low in dense cover. The grey-backed camaroptera binds large leaves together low in a bush and builds a grass nest within the leaves. The normal clutch is two or three eggs.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyCisticolidae
GenusCamaroptera
SpeciesC. brevicaudata
Photographed in
Burkina Faso
Gambia
Namibia