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Bleating Camaroptera
Michael McSweeney (cc-by-nc)

Bleating Camaroptera

also known as Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
BirdNET IDBN01855
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations2,470
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

The green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura), also known as the bleating camaroptera, is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae. This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Recent studies suggest this species and the grey-backed camaroptera may be the same species. This skulking passerine is typically found low in dense cover. The green-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. These 11.5 cm long warblers have green upperparts. The wings are olive and the underparts whitish grey. The sexes are similar, but juveniles are paler yellow on the breast. Like most members in the group, green-backed camaroptera is insectivorous. The green-backed camaroptera was described by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1821 under the binomial name Sylvia brachyura. The type locality is the Cape of Good Hope. The specific epithet brachyura is from the Ancient Greek brakhus for "short" and -ouros for "-tailed". There are five subspecies: C. b. pileata Reichenow, 1891 – southeast Kenya to southeast Tanzania C. b. fugglescouchmani Moreau, 1939 – northeast Zambia, north Malawi and east Tanzania C. b. bororensis Gunning & Roberts, 1911 – south Tanzania, south Malawi and north Mozambique C. b. constans Clancey, 1952 – southeast Zimbabwe, south Mozambique and northeast South Africa C. b. brachyura (Vieillot, 1821) – south and east South Africa

Translated Descriptions (5)

es wikipedia
La camaróptera baladora (Camaroptera brachyura)​ es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Cisticolidae propia del África subsahariana.
fi wikipedia
Lyijykerttu (Camaroptera brachyura) eli aiemmalta nimeltään savulyijykerttu on herttujen heimoon kuuluva varpuslintu.
fr wikipedia
Le Camaroptère à tête grise (Camaroptera brachyura), est une espèce de passereaux de la famille des Cisticolidae.
nl wikipedia
De mekkercamaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura) is een kleine zangvogel uit het geslacht Camaroptera uit de familie Cisticolidae.
sv wikipedia
Trumpetkamaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura) är en fågel i familjen cistikolor inom ordningen tättingar.

Common Names (35 locales)

af Groenrugwêkwêvoël
bg Зеленогърбо сърпокрило коприварче
ca camaròptera verdosa
ceb Camaroptera harterti
cs pěnicovec krátkoocasý
cy Camaroptera cefnwyrdd
da Grårygget Gråsanger
de Grünmantel-Bogenflügel
en Bleating Camaroptera
eo Grizdorsa kamaroptero
es Camaróptera Baladora
es_EC Camaróptera Baladora
es_ES Camaróptera baladora
es_MX Camaróptera Baladora
fi lyijykerttu
fr Camaroptère à tête grise
hr šumska prinija
hu rövidfarkú kamaroptera
ja ミドリコムシクイ
lt Pilkagalvė karietaitinė devynbalsė
nl Mekkercamaroptera
no villnissanger
nv Haltsooítah ńdiitsʼį́įhii binághah łitsooígíí
pl beczak zielonogrzbiety
pt green-backed camaroptera
pt_PT Green-backed camaroptera
ru Широкохвостая терновница
sk penička mekotavá
sr Zelenoleđa kamaroptera
sv trumpetkamaroptera
tr Yeşil Sırtlı Kamaropter
uk Цвіркач зелений
zh Green-backed/Grey-backed Camaroptera
zh-CN 绿背拱翅莺
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External Identifiers

iNaturalist#979641
eBirdgrbcam1
Macaulay Librarygrbcam1
Xeno-CantoCamaroptera brachyura
GBIF5231296
NCBI315542
AvibaseCamaroptera-brachyura
BirdLife103774592