Sylviid Warblers & Parrotbills
African Hill Babbler
Sylvia abyssinica
The African Hill Babbler (Sylvia abyssinica) is a 19 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Sylviid Warblers & Parrotbills
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 19 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 12
Recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eq. Guinea, Angola, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique.
Where to see it: Mt. Moco Reserve IBA (Angola); Nyika National Park (Malawi); Arusha NP (Tanzania); Hara Langano Lodge (Ethiopia); Ngorongoro Conservation Area · Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania).
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons