Habitat
Understorey of montane forest, preferring disturbed areas where there is very dense undergrowth or lush herbaceous vegetation, and heavily disturbed, low forest.
Winifred's Warbler (Scepomycter winifredae) [XC659627]
by Abdulrahman Adam from Uluguru Mts. Above Tegetero Mission, Tanzania (song)
Winifred's Warbler (Scepomycter winifredae) [XC304075]
by Mikael Bauer from Uluguru Mts., Tanzania (song)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
winifredae (Moreau, 1938) - Uluguru Mts of eastern Tanzania.
rubehoensis Bowie, Fjeldså & Kiure, 2009 - Rubeho-Ukaguru Mts of Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Rubeho Warbler (Scepomycter rubehoensis).