Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusCamaroptera (Camaropteras)
- SpeciesCamaroptera brachyura (Green-backed Camaroptera)
The green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura), also known as the bleating camaroptera, is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae. This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Recent studies suggest this species and the grey-backed camaroptera may be the same species. This skulking passerine is typically found low in dense cover. The green-backed camaroptera binds large leaves together low in a bush and builds a grass nest within the leaves. The normal clutch is two or three eggs. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Green-backed Camaroptera sighting in Volcanoes National Park, based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Volcanoes National Park
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
Gray-capped Warbler
Eminia lepida
Black-faced Apalis
Apalis personata
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Apalis porphyrolaema
Trilling Cisticola
Cisticola woosnami
Ruwenzori Apalis
Oreolais ruwenzorii
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava
Winding Cisticola
Cisticola marginatus
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Bathmocercus rufus
Singing Cisticola
Cisticola cantans
White-chinned Prinia
Schistolais leucopogon
Banded Prinia
Prinia bairdii
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Green-backed Camaroptera in Volcanoes National Park?
About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Green-backed Camaroptera sighting in Volcanoes National Park, based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Green-backed Camaroptera in Volcanoes National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Green-backed Camaroptera in Volcanoes National Park in our monthly data.