Green-backed camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

The Green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura) is a bird found in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Thick bush and forest edges across sub-Saharan Africa. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Camaroptera brachyura
Region	Africa
Found in	South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

🏡 Where the Green-backed camaroptera lives

Thick bush and forest edges across sub-Saharan Africa.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs80%
🍎 Fruit20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Its call sounds like a bleating lamb, and it holds its tail cocked up.

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Recorded by Étienne Leroy (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1186886. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Green-backed camaroptera

Where does the Green-backed camaroptera live?

The Green-backed camaroptera lives in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Thick bush and forest edges across sub-Saharan Africa.

What does the Green-backed camaroptera eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), fruit (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Green-backed camaroptera endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.