Evergreen forest warbler
The evergreen forest warbler or Cameroon scrub-warbler (Bradypterus lopezi) is a grass warbler species in the family Locustellidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
| Evergreen forest warbler | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Locustellidae |
| Genus: | Bradypterus |
| Species: | B. lopezi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bradypterus lopezi (Alexander, 1903) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bradypterus lopesi | |
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
It has a subspecies, Bradypterus lopezi mariae, found in central and western Kenya to northern Tanzania.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Bradypterus lopezi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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