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Melocichla mentalis mentalis |
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Melocichla mentalis |
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Grande fauvette à moustaches noires |
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Moustached Grass-Warbler |
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Brown upperparts and buffy underparts. Characterised by the black moustaches around the chin. Tail is long and rounded. |
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Common in Katanga where it is mainly found in bushy savanna. |
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Insectivorous. |
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Breeding takes place during the rainy season. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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