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title: "Green-backed Camaroptera"
description: "Camaroptera brachyura — Uccelli. The green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura), also known as the bleating camaroptera, is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/green-backed-camaroptera
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green-backed Camaroptera

> Camaroptera brachyura — Uccelli. The green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura), also known as the bleating camaroptera, is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae.

- Scientific name: *Camaroptera brachyura*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2785
- iNaturalist taxon: [979641](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979641)

## Names

- en: Green-backed Camaroptera
- de: Blökgrasmücke
- es: Camaróptera Baladora
- fr: Camaroptère à tête grise

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (907), NA (222), KE (208), TZ (189), BW (171), UG (122), ZW (95), GM (81), ZM (68), MW (54), SN (52), ET (47)

## Summary

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.
These 11.5 cm long warblers have green upperparts. The wings are olive and the underparts whitish grey…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-backed_camaroptera

## Photo

![Green-backed Camaroptera](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-backed-camaroptera/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328771632

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-backed-camaroptera?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).