Green-capped Eremomela
Photo © Tom Davies
Photo © Tom Davies — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #17748677The 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. == 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
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+446 birds+45 mammals
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+213 birds+13 mammals
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+505 birds+24 mammals
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+540 birds+91 mammals
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+341 birds+36 mammals
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+377 birds+35 mammals
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+200 birds
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