Black-faced Rufous Warbler (Bathmocercus rufus)

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

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1895

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (53)...)

Black-faced Rufous Warbler (Bathmocercus rufus) [XC311842]
by Josh Engel from Rondo Retreat (Lower garden), Kakamega Forest, Kenya (call, song)

Black-faced Rufous Warbler (Bathmocercus rufus) [XC444794]
by Frank Lambert from Main Road, Kakamega Forest, Kenya (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Black-headed Rufous-warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris) and has been treated as conspecific.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

rufus Reichenow, 1895 - Southern Cameroon south to central and south-eastern Gabon, east to south-western Central African Republic, northern PRCongo and extreme north-western DRCongo.
vulpinus Reichenow, 1895 - North-eastern and eastern DRCongo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-faced Rufous Warbler (Bathmocercus rufus) - 10 files

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