Black-headed Rufous-warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris)

Other Names (World)
Black-headed Rufous-warbler, Black-headed Rufous Warbler, Black-capped Rufous Warbler, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Stream Warbler, Black-capped Rufous-Warbler

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1877)

Habitat
Dense secondary vegetation bordering small creeks and rivers in primary and secondary forest, swamp forest, gallery forest, sub-montane forest. More rarely, lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

C�te dIvoire (B) (NB), Ghana (B) (NB), Guinea (B) (NB), Liberia (B) (NB), Sierra Leone (B) (NB).

Locally in Upper Guinea forest from Sierra Leone and SEGuinea east to central Ivory Coast and southern Ghana.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status DD
Habitat disturbance through logging of adjacent areas is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
In pairs.

Voice
A distinctive, three-note, piercing, insect-like whistle.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Black-headed Rufous Warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris) [XC756967]
by Paul Lenrum\u00e9 from Ziama Forest, Guinea (song)

Black-headed Rufous Warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris) [XC756968]
by Paul Lenrum\u00e9 from Ziama Forest, Guinea (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Black-faced Rufous-warbler (Bathmocercus rufus) and sometimes treated as conspecific.

References
See References.

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