Camaropteras
Camaroptera
Camaroptera is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
The genus was erected by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1850. The type species is the green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura). The genus name Camaroptera comes from Ancient Greek καμαρα (kamara), meaning "arch", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing".
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Green-backed Camaroptera
speciesCamaroptera brachyura
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
speciesCamaroptera superciliaris
Olive-green Camaroptera
speciesCamaroptera chloronota
Hartert's Camaroptera
speciesCamaroptera harterti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7733.