Listen to the Grey-capped warbler
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About the Grey-capped warbler
The Grey-capped warbler is a bird in the family Cisticolidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 2 g.
What does the Grey-capped warbler sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The grey-capped warbler (Eminia lepida) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is monotypic (only species) in the genus Eminia. The grey-capped warbler is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is a large, chunky, thin-tailed-warbler with a distinctive grey cap, a black band around its head, and a chestnut throat wrapping its neck. Grey-capped warblers maintain a diet of insects and other invertebrates, including caterpillars, moths, grasshoppers, and mantids.
More from the family Cisticolidae
Zitting cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Common tailorbird
Orthotomus sutorius
Ashy prinia
Prinia socialis
Red-faced cisticola
Cisticola erythrops
Jungle prinia
Prinia sylvatica
Wailing cisticola
Cisticola lais
Rufous-fronted prinia
Prinia buchanani
Ashy cisticola
Cisticola cinereolus
Neddicky
Cisticola fulvicapilla
Long-billed forest warbler
Artisornis moreaui
Green-backed camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Red-capped forest warbler
Artisornis metopias
Frequently asked questions
What does a Grey-capped warbler sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the Grey-capped warbler on this page, including its call and song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Grey-capped warbler endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Grey-capped warbler as “least concern”.
What family does the Grey-capped warbler belong to?
The Grey-capped warbler (Eminia lepida) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Grey-capped Warbler (Eminia lepida) (022A-WA03044X0023-0016M0) – CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Kakindo, Missenyi, Kagera Region, Tanzania by paulo kivuyo – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Kakindo, Missenyi, Kagera Region, Tanzania by paulo kivuyo – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2512467 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Grey-capped warbler – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Demetrius John Kessy from Arusha, Tanzania – CC BY 2.0