Cisticolas & Allies

Green-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

The Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura) is a 9.7 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cisticolas & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

9.7 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

34

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Ethiopia, Senegal, Nigeria, Mozambique, eSwatini, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Angola, Guinea, Eq. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Togo, Mali, Chad, Central African Rep..

Where to see it: National Park Bamako (Mali); Rumangabo ICCN Camp & Mikeno Lodge and trails (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Mali NP (Mali); Rhizha Retreat Centre (No Public Access) (Nigeria); Biguina 1 - Eastern farmlands (Benin).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist