Moustached Grass Warbler

The Moustached Grass-Warbler is a species of African Warbler, formerly placed in the Sylviidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

The Moustached Grass Warbler is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor Pulitzer's Longbill Macrosphenus pulitzeri Kretschmer's Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii Philippa's Crombec Sylvietta philippae Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla Green Crombec Sylvietta More

Moustached Grass Warbler, Melocichla mentalis Damara Rock-jumper, Achaetops pycnopygius Cape Grassbird, Sphenoeacus afer * Grass warblers, genus Locustella * Marsh warblers, genus Acrocephalus * Tree warblers, genus Hippolais * Chloropeta warblers, genus Chloropeta More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Sylviidae
Genus : Melocichla
Species : mentalis
Authority : (Fraser, 1843)