Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Rufous-crowned Eremomela (Eremomela badiceps) - HBW 11, p. 685
French: Érémomèle à tête brune
German: Rotkopferemomela
Spanish: Eremomela Capirotada
Other common names: Brown-crowned Eremomela (when treated as conspecific with E. turneri)
Taxonomy: Sylvia badiceps Fraser, 1843, Clarence, Bioko Island.
Formerly treated as conspecific with E. turneri, but the two found to be sympatric in E DRCongo. Three subspecies recognized
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fantiensis Macdonald, 1940 - E Sierra Leone, SE Guinea, Liberia, S Ivory Coast, S Ghana, S Togo and SW Nigeria.
- badiceps (Fraser, 1843) - S Nigeria (S from Ife), Bioko I (Fernando Póo), S Cameroon and SW Central African Republic S to N Angola (Cabinda, Cuanza Norte) and E to DRCongo (S to Kasai and Maniema) and W Uganda.
- latukae B. P. Hall, 1949 - S Sudan (Imatong Mts, Talanga Forest).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in the forest canopy Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp fantiensis)
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 3.5 -
one bird in the summit of a tree Locality Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp badiceps)
Daniêl Jimenez 30 September 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 3.3
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A bird on a twig
Locality Yaoundé, Centre Province, Cameroon (ssp badiceps)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 9 February 2012 50 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird hanging upside down
Locality Yaoundé, Centre Province, Cameroon (ssp badiceps)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 9 February 2012 50 weeks ago 3.3
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