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Grey-backed Camaroptera
(Camaroptera brevicaudata)
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***The copy rights of this photo belongs to Fran Trabalon.
Where can I find
Grey-backed Camaroptera in Uganda?
This bird distribute to the middle part of Africa.
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In Uganda, they can be found in Budongo, Echuya forest among lots more.
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26. Grey-backed Camaroptera
NFA bird Podcast: I am Johnnie Kamugisha. The
bird for today is the Grey-backed Camaroptera
The Grey-backed Camaroptera also known as
bleating Warbler occur in two distinct groups.
They are grey birds with green wings,
distinguished by its lack of green mantle.
Grey-backed Camaroptera is one of four species
in its genus, the others being Green-backed, Olive-green and Yellow-browed. They
are placed in into Cisticolidae, a family consisting 110 small passerines.
The Grey-backed Camaroptera is very vocal, and
gets its alternate name bleating warbler from its alarm call.
They also make an interesting call that sound
like two stone being knocked together.
Grey-backed Camaroptera's skulk around in
dense brush and are often heard than seen may be if you have Johnnie's eagle
eye.
They bind large leaves together by piercing at
the edges and then sew them together with bark fibre and cobwebs low in the
bush and then build a grass nest inside them.
Egg-laying season is from Oct - April
It lays 2-4 eggs, which are incubated for
about 2 weeks.
It is 10cm long.
Grey-backed Camaroptera are insectivores and
behave much like wrens, skulking around in the undergrowth.
They mainly eat invertebrates, doing most of
the foraging in the undergrowth, gleaning prey from leaves and stems.
They may eat insects like, beetles, flies,
locusts among others.
It has been recorded as a prey of African
Goshawk and possibly Pear-spotted Owlet.
It has been recorded as host of Honeyguides.
They can be found in forests like Budongo
forest, Echuya forest among lots more.
The bird for today is the Grey-backed
Camaroptera and am Johnnie Kamugisha
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