Green-backed Eremomela (Eremomela canescens) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Green-backed Eremomela (Eremomela canescens), photo 1 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Green-backed Eremomela (Eremomela canescens), photo 2 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Green-backed Eremomela (Eremomela canescens), photo 3 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Green-backed Eremomela (Eremomela canescens), photo 4 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Green-backed Eremomela

The green-backed eremomela is a member of the Cisticolidae. This bird is a common resident breeder in tropical Africa from Kenya and Ethiopia to Cameroon.

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Where the Green-backed Eremomela lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Uganda Ethiopia Kenya Central African Republic Congo - Kinshasa Cameroon Chad

Recorded as a rare visitor in Eritrea, Malawi.

When to see the Green-backed Eremomela

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Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Yellow-vented EremomelaEremomela flavicrissalisThe yellow-vented eremomela is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.

Black-necked EremomelaEremomela atricollisThe black-necked eremomela is a small bird, being on average 11 cm long and weighing 10 g. Turner's EremomelaEremomela turneriTurner's eremomela is a small, discreet bird being only 9 centimetres long and weighting 6 to 9 grams.

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