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Uganda Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis Scientific name definitions

Peter Clement
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2006

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Field Identification

10 cm; 7–9 g. A small to medium-sized leaf-warbler with olive-green upperparts, prominent pale supercilium and dark eyestripe. Has long white or creamy supercilium extending to rear of ear-coverts, blackish-brown lores and eyestripe (latter broad behind eye); cheek and ear-coverts creamy white, flecked with grey; flight-feathers and tail feathers blackish-brown, broadly edged green; greyish-white to creamy white below, breast side and flanks grey, undertail-coverts pale yellow, underwing-coverts creamy white or tinged yellowish; iris dark brown; bill black; legs grey to bluish-grey. Distinguished from P. herberti by duller and more uniform crown and upperparts, whiter supercilium, lack of buff on face or chin to throat, and all-black bill; from P. trochilus and P. collybita by slightly smaller size, well-defined supercilium and eyestripe, all-black bill, no yellow on underparts. Sexes alike. Juvenile is as adult but generally duller, with breast side and flanks washed olive.

Systematics History

See P. umbrovirens. Monotypic.

Subspecies

Monotypic.

Distribution

Discontinuously in S Cameroon and N Equatorial Guinea, NE Gabon and NW Congo, and E DRCongo E to Uganda and W Kenya.

Habitat

Dense understorey of primary forest and secondary forest. In E DRCongo occurs mostly at 900–1200 m, but to 1800 m in Itombwe; 1000–1900 m in Uganda and Kenya. In SE Cameroon and N PRCongo occurs in riverine forest above 400 m.

Movement

Sedentary.

Diet and Foraging

Food largely unknown; presumably small insects. Usually alone or in pairs; in non-breeding season, occasionally in mixed-species flocks. Forages in middle level to canopy in tall trees. Actively searches foliage; generally unobtrusive, but calls frequently while feeding.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Song a short, high-pitched series of up to 8 rising and falling notes, “su-see-su-it” or “su-see-su-see-su-heeu”, also “chi-cher-chi-chewi”.

Breeding

Birds in breeding condition in Mar–Jul, but known egg dates range from Aug to Dec; two broods. Nest a ball of moss, plant fibres and down, placed in small cleft or hole in tree or in hanging tangle of moss or creepers close to ground. Clutch 2–3 eggs; no information on incubation and nestling periods.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife LC Least Concern
Not globally threatened. Locally common. In Kenya, common in Kakamega but sparsely distributed elsewhere.
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Recommended Citation

Clement, P. (2020). Uganda Woodland-Warbler (Phylloscopus budongoensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ugawow1.01
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