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Long-billed Forest Warbler

Artisornis moreaui

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 9 g
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 1
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 2
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 3
Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 4
Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 5
Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 6
Photo: iNaturalist user "desertnaturalist" · CC BY 4.0
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 7
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 8
Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 9
Photo: (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Long-billed Forest Warbler (Artisornis moreaui), photo 10
Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Long-billed Forest Warbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Long-billed Forest Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Kileo Jumah · Song · Amani nature reserve ,East usambara, Tanzania · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Long-billed Forest Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Kileo Jumah · Song · Amani nature reserve, East Usambara,Tanga, Tanzania · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Long-billed Forest Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by paul kivuyo · Call · east usambara mountain reserve, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The long-billed forest warbler is a small, plump, inconspicuous warbler, growing to a length of about 10 cm (4 in). The upper parts are greyish and the underparts a rather paler grey. The head sometimes has a brownish tinge, and bears filoplumes. The beak is long and slender, and the tail is long and is frequently cocked when the bird is excited. The call is a distinctive metallic "peedoo peedoo"; this bird is easier to detect by hearing its call than by sight.

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When to see the Long-billed Forest Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Long-billed Forest Warbler

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Tanzania Mozambique

About the Long-billed Forest Warbler

The long-billed forest warbler, also known as the long-billed tailorbird, is a songbird of the family Cisticolidae, formerly part of the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in Tanzania and Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat destruction.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Red-capped Forest Warbler (Artisornis metopias) Red-capped Forest WarblerArtisornis metopiasThe red-capped forest warbler is olive-brown above with a whitish color from the center of the throat to the vent, and with flanks that are washed grey.

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