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Euryptila subcinnamomea
(Cinnamon-breasted warbler)
Kaneelborssanger [Afrikaans]; Kopjeszanger kopje [Dutch];
Camaroptère cannelle [French]; Zimtbrustsänger [German];
Felosa-de-peito-canela [Portuguese]
Life
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Opisthokonta
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Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) >
Order: Passeriformes > Family: Cisticolidae
Distribution and habitat
Endemic to to Namibia and South Africa, preferring rocky
outcrops, boulder-strewn slopes and mountainsides with grass and shrubs.
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Distribution of Cinnamon-breasted warbler in southern Africa,
based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas
Project (©
Animal Demography unit, University of
Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range
from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common).
See here for the latest distribution
from the SABAP2. |
Food
It eats insects gleaned from rocks, crevices and shrubs. The following food items have been recorded
in its diet:
Breeding
- The nest is oval-shaped with a large side-top entrance, built of grey
grass or Serruria leaves, secured with spider web and lined with
Kapokbos (Eriocephalus africanus) and wool. It is typically placed in
a bush such as a restio, Concertina bush (Crassula rupestris) or aloe
(e.g. Aloe microstigma).
- It has been recorded laying 2-4 eggs during the period from
July-December.
Threats
Not threatened, although its population is scattered,
occurring in islands of habitat around inselbergs (large rocky outcrops).
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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