Salvadori's eremomela

Salvadori's eremomela
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Eremomela
Species: E. salvadorii
Binomial name
Eremomela salvadorii
Reichenow, 1891

Salvadori's eremomela (Eremomela salvadorii) is a species of bird formerly placed in the Old World warbler assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.

It is found in Zaire, Gabon, Angola and Zambia. Its name commemorates Italian zoologist and ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the yellow-vented eremomela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

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