Animalia Life

Cichladusa guttata
TAXONOMY
Cichladusa guttata Heuglin, 1862, White Nile.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Collared palm-thrush, morning warbler; French: Cichladuse а collier; German: Morgenrцtel; Spanish.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
6.7 in (17 cm); male 0.6–1.1 oz (17–30 g); female 0.6–1.1 oz (16–30 g). Rufous upperparts and tail. Buff brow and underparts with black spotting on breast, fading to mottled rufous on flanks and belly.
DISTRIBUTION
East Africa, from southern Sudan and Ethiopia to northern Tanzania.
HABITAT
Thick scrub and dense riverside thickets, bushes in dry savanna, mostly at low altitude.
BEHAVIOR
In pairs or family groups, shy, keeping well hidden, but sometimes more visible in gardens and hotel grounds; mostly terrestrial, flicks wings and slowly waves tail as it hops about.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Insects, snails, and other small invertebrates.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Monogamous, territorial; nest of mud, bound with a few strands of grass and lined with roots, on tree branch; two to three eggs incubated mostly by female for 12 days; both adults feed young.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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