Grey-capped Warbler

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Grey-capped Warbler
In East Africa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Eminia
Hartlaub, 1881
Species: E. lepida
Binomial name
Eminia lepida
Hartlaub, 1881

The Grey-capped Warbler (Eminia lepida) is a species of bird in the Cisticola family Cisticolidae. It is the only species in the genus Eminia. The Grey-capped warbler is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

References

  • Nguembock B.; Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 272-286.


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