Moustached Grass-warbler
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The moustached grass warbler (''Melocichla mentalis'') is a species of
African warbler The African warblers are a newly erected family Macrosphenidae, of songbirds. Most of the species were formerly placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, although one species, the rockrunner, was placed in the babbler family, Timaliidae. ...
, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is widely found throughout
Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...
, although absent in southern parts of the continent. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and subtropical or tropical moist
shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
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* Moustached grass warbler
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
moustached grass warbler Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa moustached grass warbler moustached grass warbler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Macrosphenidae-stub