Bleating Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Genus
Camaroptera
eBird Code
grbcam1

Vocalizations

Martin Tlustos · CC0_1_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0
Robert Taylor · CC_BY_4_0
Nick Block · CC_BY_4_0
Tommy Andriollo · CC_BY_4_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (16)

  • Camaroptera brachyura abessinica

    South Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, northern Somalia, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and northern Kenya

  • Camaroptera brachyura aschani

    highlands of Kenya to far southwestern Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu)

  • Camaroptera brachyura beirensis

    Mozambique (north of Save River) to eastern Zimbabwe and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal

  • Camaroptera brachyura bororensis

    southern Tanzania to southern Malawi and northern Mozambique

  • Camaroptera brachyura brachyura

    coastal eastern and southern South Africa (central KwaZulu-Natal to eastern Western Cape)

  • Camaroptera brachyura brevicaudata

    Senegal and Sierra Leone to central Sudan and lowlands of Ethiopia

  • Camaroptera brachyura constans

    southeastern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, Eswatini, and northeastern South Africa

  • Camaroptera brachyura erlangeri

    southern Somalia to coastal Kenya and northeastern Tanzania

  • Camaroptera brachyura fugglescouchmani

    eastern Tanzania to Zambia and Malawi

  • Camaroptera brachyura griseigula

    western Kenya to eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania

  • Camaroptera brachyura insulata

    Ethiopia (Ghere region and Kaffa Province)

  • Camaroptera brachyura intercalata

    eastern Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), eastern Zambia, and western Tanzania

  • Camaroptera brachyura pileata

    southern Kenya to southeastern Tanzania; Mafia Island and Zanzibar

  • Camaroptera brachyura sharpei

    southern Angola to Namibia, northern and eastern Botswana, southern Zambia, Malawi, and northern South Africa (North West)

  • Camaroptera brachyura tincta

    Liberia to western Kenya, northwestern Angola, northwestern Zambia, and western Tanzania

  • Camaroptera brachyura transitiva

    southeastern Botswana to Zimbabwe

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.