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Olive-green Camaroptera
Camaroptera chloronota
Olive-green Camaroptera (Camaroptera chloronota) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of Africa.
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The Olive-green Camaroptera (Camaroptera chloronota) is a member of the Cisticolidae family found in Africa. Adults weigh 11.4 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Cisticolidae Cisticolas & Allies
- Genus Camaroptera
- Species chloronota
Quick facts
- Weight
- 11.4 g
- Diet
- Invertebrate-eaters
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Olive-green Camaroptera is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Behaviour
A bird of dense forest, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Olive-green Camaroptera is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Olive-green Camaroptera (Camaroptera chloronota) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family, part of the order Passeriformes. It is found across Africa. Its distribution covers AF w, c.
It is a very small bird. Adults weighs around 11.4 g, with a wing length of about 5.2 cm and a tail of around 2.8 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 1.7 million km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Olive-green Camaroptera?
The Olive-green Camaroptera is a very small bird that weighs around 11.4 g.
Where does the Olive-green Camaroptera live?
The Olive-green Camaroptera is found across Africa with a range covering AF w, c, where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Olive-green Camaroptera belong to?
The Olive-green Camaroptera (Camaroptera chloronota) belongs to the Cisticolidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Olive-green Camaroptera eat?
The Olive-green Camaroptera is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Does the Olive-green Camaroptera migrate?
The Olive-green Camaroptera is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Olive-green Camaroptera endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Olive-green Camaroptera make?
1 real field recording of the Olive-green Camaroptera — including its song — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Olive-green Camaroptera's range?
The Olive-green Camaroptera has a mapped global range of about 1.7 million km².
Conservation
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