Black-necked Eremomela

Eremomela atricollis Barboza du Bocage, 1894

Black-necked Eremomela, Eremomela atricollis, is a bird of southern Africa, breeding from south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo through central Angola to central Zambia. It lives in dry forests and dry savanna, including miombo woodland and broadleaf woodland, and is often associated with forests containing Brachystegia trees. It was described in 1894 by Barboza du Bocage. Its key feature is the thin black collar that gives the bird its name.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Cisticolidae — Cisticolas & Allies

Breeding range

Africa: s DR Congo to c Angola and c Zambia