Moustached grass warbler
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| specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
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| Genus: | Melocichla Hartlaub, 1857
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| Species: | M. mentalis
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| Melocichla mentalis Fraser, 1843
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The moustached grass warbler (Melocichla mentalis) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the Sylviidae family.
It is widely found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, although absent in southern parts of the continent. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
References
External links
- Moustached grass warbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.