Tit-hylia (Pholidornis rushiae)

Other Names (World)
Tit-hylia, Tit-weaver, Tiny Tit-weaver, Tiny Tit-warbler, Tit Hylia

Family
Scotocercidae (Bush-warblers)

Size
7.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Tit Hylia (Pholidornis rushiae) [XC719376]
by id from Ebekawopa (Abrafo)--\, Ghana (call)

Tit Hylia (Pholidornis rushiae) [XC46254]
by Peter Boesman from Antwikwaa, Kakum National Park, Ghana (call)

Subspecies
Birds of this species in south-western Nigeria of uncertain subpecies, provisionally included in ussheri.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

ussheri Reichenow, 1905 - Southern Sierra Leone, south-eastern Guinea, Liberia, southern Ivory Coast, southern Ghana, south-western Togo and south-western Nigeria.
rushiae (Cassin, 1855) - South-eastern Nigeria and western and central Cameroon, south to Gabon.
bedfordi Ogilvie-Grant, 1904 - Bioko I (Fernando P�o).
denti Ogilvie-Grant, 1907 - South-eastern Cameroon, northern and south-western PRCongo, north-western Angola, central and eastern DRCongo and western and eastern Uganda; single record from south-central Central African Republic.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Tit-hylia (Pholidornis rushiae) - 10 files

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