Moustached grass warbler
The moustached grass warbler (Melocichla mentalis) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.
Nairobi National Park - Kenya
| Moustached grass warbler | |
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| specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Macrosphenidae |
| Genus: | Melocichla Hartlaub, 1857 |
| Species: | M. mentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Melocichla mentalis Fraser, 1843 | |
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It is widely found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, although absent in southern parts of the continent. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Melocichla mentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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