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Eremomela

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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Eremomela

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passerine

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Lower classifications
  
Yellow‑bellied eremomela, Green‑capped eremomela, Burnt‑necked eremomela, Senegal eremomela, Karoo eremomela

Green backed eremomela


The eremomelas are a genus, Eremomela, of passerines in the cisticola family Cisticolidae. The genus was previously placed with the larger Old World warbler family Sylviidae prior to that genus being broken up into several families. The genus contains ten to eleven species, all of which are found in sub-Saharan Africa. They occupy a range of habitats, from arid scrub to lowland tropical forest. They are intermediate in appearance between crombecs and apalis, and measure between 8.5 to 12 cm (3.3–4.7 in) in length. The sexes are alike in size and plumage.

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Eremomela Yellowbellied eremomela

Species

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  • Yellow-bellied eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis)
  • Salvadori's eremomela (Eremomela salvadori)
  • Yellow-vented eremomela (Eremomela flavicrissalis)
  • Senegal eremomela (Eremomela pusilla)
  • Green-backed eremomela (Eremomela canescens)
  • Green-capped eremomela (Eremomela scotops)
  • Karoo eremomela (Eremomela gregalis)
  • Burnt-necked eremomela (Eremomela usticollis)
  • Rufous-crowned eremomela (Eremomela badiceps)
  • Turner's eremomela (Eremomela turneri)
  • Black-necked eremomela (Eremomela atricollis)

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    Eremomela Eremomela scotops Greencapped eremomela

    Eremomela Blacknecked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis Hotspot Birding

    References

    Eremomela Wikipedia


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