Green-capped Eremomela (Eremomela scotops)
About the Green-capped 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. 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. 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
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 26 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- African BroadbillSmithornis capensisrecording
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- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimprecording
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracicarecording
- Black CrakeZapornia flavirostrarecording
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cublarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.