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Eremomela icteropygialis
SUBFAMILY
Sylviinae
TAXONOMY
Eremomela icteropygialis Lafresnaye, 1822.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Salvadori’s eremomela; French: Йrйmomиle а croupion jaune; German: Gelbbauch-Eremomela; Spanish: Eremomela de Vientre Amarillo.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
3.9–4.3 in (10–11 cm); 0.26–0.33 oz (7.5–9.3 g). Small bird with gray head, nape, back, and breast, yellow belly and undertail. Dark eyeline surmounted by a lighter one; dark gray wing and tail.
DISTRIBUTION
Widespread throughout non-forested sub-Saharan Africa.
HABITAT
Woodland, forest edge, scrub, gardens, and riparian areas.
BEHAVIOR
Inconspicuous. Usually in pairs or groups of up to eight birds. Territorial. Song is loud, twittery series of 7–8 notes. Mimicry sometimes included.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Foraging mostly in canopy and mid-level for small insects. Sometimes joins mixed-species foraging parties.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Monogamous. Breeds primarily during monsoon season. Nest is deep cup of plant down and spider silk, lined with grass, and suspended from fork of a shrub or tree. One to three eggs are incubated 13–14 days by female; nestlings, fed by both parents, leave after 15–16 days, fed by parents additional two or more weeks.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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