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Green capped eremomela

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Eremomela

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Cisticolidae

Scientific name
  
Eremomela scotops

Higher classification
  
Eremomela

Order
  
Passerine

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Similar
  
Eremomela, Black‑necked eremomela, Southern hyliota, Red‑capped crombec, Rufous‑crowned eremomela

The green-capped eremomela or greencap eremomela (Eremomela scotops) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.

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Range and habitat

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

Races

There are five accepted races:

  • E. s. congensis Reichenow, 1905 – Gabon to Angola and DRC
  • E. s. pulchra (Bocage, 1878) – Angola, DRC, Zambia, western Malawi, Namibia and Botswana
  • E. s. citriniceps (Reichenow, 1882) – Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi
  • E. s. kikuyuensis van Someren, 1931 – Kenya
  • E. s. scotops Sundevall, 1850 – coastal Kenya, through eastern Malawi to northern South Africa

    • References

    Green-capped eremomela Wikipedia
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