Hartert's camaroptera is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to Angola.
Region
Southwest Africa
Typical Environment
Occurs in western and west-central Angola, especially along the Angolan Escarpment and adjacent uplands. It inhabits dense undergrowth in moist woodland, forest edge, secondary growth, and riparian thickets. It also uses tangled scrub within gallery forests and miombo margins. The species favors areas with continuous cover where it can move low and remain concealed.
Altitude Range
200–1800 m
Climate Zone
Tropical
Ease of Keeping
Beginner friendly: 2/5
Hartert's camaroptera is a small, skulking warbler of dense thickets and forest edge in western Angola. It often forages low to the ground with a cocked tail and gives loud, repetitive whistles from cover. Some authorities have treated it within the green-backed camaroptera complex, but it is recognized as endemic to Angola. Like many camaropteras, it stitches leaves together to form a neat domed nest.
Temperament
skulking and wary
Flight Pattern
short rapid wingbeats with low, darting flights between cover
Social Behavior
Typically found singly or in pairs holding small territories in dense cover. Pairs build a domed nest close to the ground, often by stitching leaves together with plant fibers. Breeding behavior centers on concealed nesting and strong pair bonds.
Migratory Pattern
Resident
Song Description
Song is a loud, repetitive series of clear whistles often delivered in short phrases from within cover. Calls include sharp chits and scolds used for contact between mates and to advertise territory.
