Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata) — Illustration redrawn by AI from a real photograph

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brevicaudata (Cretzschmar, 1830)

The grey-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata) is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Where and when it's recorded

No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.

About

The grey-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata) is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae. This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Recent studies suggest this species and the green-backed camaroptera may be the same species.

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Questions

Where does the Grey-backed Camaroptera live?

Its breeding range: Africa: widespread.

What family is the Grey-backed Camaroptera in?

It belongs to the family Cisticolas & Allies (Cisticolidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

Range

Africa: widespread

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order: Passerines Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolas & Allies Cisticolidae
Genus: Camaroptera

Other birds in the genus Camaroptera

Green-backed Camaroptera

Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura

Hartert's Camaroptera

Hartert's CamaropteraCamaroptera harterti

Yellow-browed Camaroptera

Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris

Olive-green Camaroptera

Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota

Common Jery

Common JeryNeomixis tenella

Green Jery

Green JeryNeomixis viridis

Stripe-throated Jery

Stripe-throated JeryNeomixis striatigula

Red-faced Cisticola

Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops

Singing Cisticola

Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans

Whistling Cisticola

Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis

Grey-backed Camaroptera

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