Moustached Grass Warbler
Melocichla mentalis (Fraser, L 1843)
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Dries Van de Loock | 2023-11-19 | Mwekera Forestry College, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Ndola (Zambia) (1200 m) | call - [sono] | 854399 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis mentalis | Barry Edmonston | 2018-05-03 | West Gonja, Northern, Northern (former region) (Ghana) (120 m) | call - Single individual calling from grasslands at beginning. Joined by three other individuals about halfway through recording. All four individuals calling afterwards. Recorded in grassland near Mognori bridge at Mole NP. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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420404 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis orientalis | Frank Lambert | 2017-11-10 | Arusha National Park, misc area, Arusha Region, Arusha (Tanzania) (1400 m) | song - [many thanks to James Bradley for assisting with identification] bird-seen:no playback-used:no
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452035 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | isaac kilusu | 2023-01-13 | Thika wastewater treatment plant,Kiambu County, Murang'a (Kenya) (1400 m) | call - an individual calling on top of a bush near a corn plantations
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775923 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Arnon Dattner | 2019-09-21 | Kinjila, Malanje (Angola) (1100 m) | song - For more information about Angola birds please visit: https://birdingangola.com/ bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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563821 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Peter Boesman | 2016-09-17 | Kawambwa area, Luapula province, Luapula (Zambia) | song - [sono] | 339264 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis amauroura | Andrew Spencer | 2015-01-11 | Gibe Gorge, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) (1600 m) | song - song in response to playback from the same birds as in XC276795. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
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276796 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Judith Mirembe | 2026-04-15 | , Western (Uganda) | - | 655385104 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Gabriel A. Jamie | 2013-09-22 | Mole National Park, Ghana, Northern (former region) (Ghana) (460 m) | song - bird-seen:yes |
156640 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Macmillan Kiwesa | 2026-02-16 | , Meru (Tanzania) | - | 651116130 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Arnon Dattner | 2019-09-25 | Kinjila, Malanje (Angola) (1100 m) | song - For more information about Angola birds please visit: https://birdingangola.com/ Watch a short video about the birds of Kinjila: https://youtu.be/I8wtZMa4mkY bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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567842 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis amauroura | Oliver Fowler | 2026-05-15 | The Emakoko, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi County, Nairobi Area (Kenya) (1500 m) | song - Bird singing from perch on low bush in riverine acacia woodland. Recording extracted from video and amplified using Audacity.
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1135602 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis amauroura | Jonathan Onongo | 2026-02-19 | Katama, Masindi District, Buruli (former division) (Uganda) (1100 m) | song - [sono] | 1082072 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Jaap van der Waarde | 2023-06-11 | Yaoundé, valley between Emama and Febe village, Lekié (Cameroon) (800 m) | song - No filtering, only volume increase. Birds are in the grasses next to degraded forest. Sunny day.
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1103176 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | James Bradley | 2016-11-05 | Del Monte Estate, Thika, Central, Kenya, Central (former) (Kenya) | - | 302232461 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Peter Boesman | 2022-06-15 | North gate area Murchison falls NP, Nwoya (Uganda) | song - [sono] | 739811 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Derek Solomon | 13-04-07 | South Luangwa National Park Lodge , Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (510 m) | Call (A) - | 41642 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis amauroura | Rolf A. de By | 2015-09-11 | northeast of Lk Mburo NP, Kiruhura (former division) (Uganda) (1300 m) | song - Initially with text below, but now ID'ed positively throuhg comments by Bram Piot and James Bradley. Thanks! ID uncertain, bird seen really just briefly. Possibly a Cercotrichas or Cichladusa, just seen in split second before it left the single tree at opposite end, in that moment I saw a dark moustachial stripe and rufous flanks as the only characteristics noted. Bird smaller than a Turdus thrush, but definitely larger than Batis that was also in the tree. Habitat dry, hilly savanna with brush. The bird sang from th heart of a somewhat isolated small deciduous tree. Song phrases delivered every 8 seconds, with a duration of approx. 4 sec. Phrases not identical but certainly rather similar, beginning with a relatively slow staccato, which accelerates, and then ends with a jumble of more musical, thrushlike notes, somewhat undulating in pitch. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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282081 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis orientalis | Frank Lambert | 2017-10-12 | Uluguru Mts. near Tegetero Mission, Morogoro Region, Morogoro (Tanzania) (1000 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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429997 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis amauroura | James Bradley | 2016-11-05 | Del Monte Estate (south), Thika, Murang'a (Kenya) (1400 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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344754 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass Warbler - Melocichla mentalis orientalis | Frank Lambert | 2017-10-12 | Uluguru Mts. near Tegetero Mission, Morogoro Region, Morogoro (Tanzania) (1000 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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429998 xeno-canto.org |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Gabriel Thomas | 2026-01-25 | , Meru (Tanzania) | - | 649579889 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Nathan Mixon | 2024-12-28 | , Nairobi Area (Kenya) | - | 628591788 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler - Melocichla mentalis | Andrew Spencer | 2014-12-14 | , Gambela Peoples (Ethiopia) | - | 243734241 macaulaylibrary.org |
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