Neumann's warbler

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Neumann's warbler

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cettiidae
Genus: Hemitesia
Species:
H. neumanni
Binomial name
Hemitesia neumanni
(Rothschild, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Urosphena neumanni
  • Sylvietta neumanni (
    protonym
    )

Neumann's warbler (Hemitesia neumanni), also known as Neumann's short-tailed warbler, is a species of bird in the family Cettiidae. It is found in

montane forest
.

Taxonomy

Neumann's warbler was

monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]

Neumann's warbler is the only species in the family Cettiidae that is found in Africa.[7]

Distribution and habitat

This warbler lives in thick undergrowth of montane forest, often near streams, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwest Uganda, western Rwanda and western Burundi.[8]

Description

Neumann's warbler is a small bird with an overall length of 10–11 cm (3.9–4.3 in) and a weight of 11.3 g (0.40 oz). It has a large head with a distinctive striped pattern and a very short tail. The broad supercilium is grey-brown and present in front of the eye as a dull greenish and white pattern.[8]

The voice is a loud song ("tee-tiyoo-tee", "tee-tyer-tyii", "tyoowi-tyee", "tee-teeyoo-tyoowi" or "tay-tiyoo-tay") intermixing with almost inaudible lipsing notes, and is repeated at regular intervals.[8]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hemitesia neumanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715145A94442067. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. ^ Rothschild, Walter (1908). "The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited and described an example of a new species of Crombec, which he proposed to name". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 23: 42.
  3. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 215.
  4. JSTOR 4080309
    .
  5. ^
    Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Cupwings, crombecs, bush warblers, Streaked Scrub Warbler, yellow flycatchers, hylias"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
    .
  7. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01084.x
    .
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4
    .


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