Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through unsustainable exploitation for timber and firewood, uncontrolled burning and encroachment for agriculture, is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
White-tailed Warbler (Poliolais lopezi) [XC302996]
by Jacob C. Cooper from Moka-Biao Trail, Bioko Sur, Equatorial Guinea (song)
White-tailed Warbler (Poliolais lopezi) [XC407498]
by id from Woteva Forest, Cameroon (song)
Nest
A ball or bag of moss with a side entrance, hung 1-1.5 m above the ground from a fern or herb.
Subspecies
Affinities uncertain. Variously placed in genus Camaroptera (but has only ten rectrices) and genus Artisornis. Unusual in having marked sexual dimorphism in plumage, and, unlike those genera, does not stitch its nest.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
manengubae Serle, 1949 - Highlands of south-eastern Nigeria and south-western Cameroon (except Mt Cameroon).
alexanderi Bannerman, 1915 - Mt Cameroon, in south-western Cameroon.
lopezi (Alexander, 1903) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).