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Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler

Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae] (= Bradypterus lopezi) (Alexander, B 1903)

The evergreen forest warbler or Cameroon scrub-warbler is a grass warbler species in the family Locustellidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Locustellidae
Genus:
   Bradypterus
Scientific:
  Bradypterus lopezi


Original description

Citation:
  (Alexander, B 1903)

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 13 p.48

Protonym:
  Phlexis lopezi

Type locality:
  Moka, Fernando Po. Spelling corrected to lopesi, Alexander, 1903, Ibis, p. 375.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114181#page/420/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8160D091EAE4C8C4

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8160D091

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8160D091


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558930

Geographic range:

  • Bradypterus lopezi: disjunctly in foothill and montane dense forest undergrowth of southeastern Cameroon and Bioko (Gulf of Guinea), western Angola, and from northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo eastward to western Kenya highlands, and southward to northern Zambia, Malawi, and northern Mozambique
  • Bradypterus lopezi lopezi: Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
  • Bradypterus lopezi camerunensis: Mount Cameroon
  • Bradypterus lopezi manengubae: Mount Manenguba (southwestern Cameroon)
  • Bradypterus lopezi usambarae: southern Kenya (Taita Hills) to southwestern Tanzania, northern Malawi, and northern Mozambique
  • Bradypterus lopezi ufipae: southwestern Tanzania to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia
  • Bradypterus lopezi granti: Malawi (south of Nyika) to northern Mozambique (Mount Chiperone)
  • Bradypterus lopezi boultoni: Angola
  • Bradypterus lopezi mariae: Kenya to northeastern Tanzania
  • Bradypterus lopezi barakae: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and southwestern Uganda
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English:
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler
French:
Mégalure de Lopes ou M. de forêt


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopesi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopesi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae])
Avilist 2025:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Bouscarle de Lopes ( Bradypterus lopesi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 3]
eBird version 2021:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 3]
eBird version 2022:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 3]
eBird version 2023:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 3]
eBird version 2024:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 3]
eBird version 2025:
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Evergreen-forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Evergreen Forest Warbler ( Bradypterus lopezi) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Bradypterus [lopezi, mariae, cinnamomeus or bangwaensis]

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Other synonyms

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Bulgarian: Горско шаварче
Catalan: matoller de Lopes
Czech: Cetie Lopezova, cetie podrostní
Danish: Camerounkratsmutte
German: Lopesbuschsänger, Lopez-Buschsänger
English: Cameroon Scrub Warbler, Cameroon Scrub-Warbler, Cameroon Scrub-Warbler or Evergreen Forest Warbler, Cameroon Swamp Warbler, Evergreen Forest Warbler, Evergreen Forest-Warbler, Evergreen-Forest Warbler, Lopez' Warbler
English (Avilist): Evergreen-forest Warbler
English, HBW: Evergreen-forest Warbler
English (IOC): Evergreen Forest Warbler
English (Kenya): Evergreen Forest Warbler
English (United States): Evergreen-forest Warbler
Esperanto: arbara megaluro, Kameruna arbustosilvio
Spanish: Zarzalero de Lopes
Spanish (Spain): Zarzalero de Lopes
Spanish (HBW): Evergreen-forest Warbler
Estonian: kõrgmaa-padulind
Finnish: Guineanmetsäkerttunen
French: Bouscarle de Lopes, Bouscarle de Lopes ou B. de forêt, Mégalure de Lopes, Mégalure de Lopes ou M. de forêt
French (Guyane): Mégalure de Lopes
Croatian: planinski cvrčić
Hungarian: Lopez-bozótposzáta
Italian: Forapaglie di Lopez, Frattarolo di foresta
Japanese (romaji): moriougisekka
Japanese: モリオウギセッカ
Scientific: Bradypterus [lopesi or mariae], Bradypterus [lopezi or mariae], Bradypterus camerunensis, Bradypterus lopesi, Bradypterus lopesi lopesi, Bradypterus lopezi, Bradypterus lopezi camerunensis, Bradypterus lopezi lopezi, Phlexis lopezi
Lithuanian: Atogrąžinė raibakrūtė devynbalsė
Dutch: Kameroenstruikzanger, Kameroen-struikzanger
Norwegian: Regnskogsanger
Polish: krótkolotka brunatna
Portuguese: Felosa de lopes, felosa-de-lopes
Portuguese (Angola): Felosa-da-montanha
Portuguese (Portugal): felosa-de-lopes
Russian: Лесная бурогрудка
Slovak: svrkavec tropický
Serbian: Afrički cvrčić iz večnozelene šume
Swedish: Skogssmygsångare
Swahili: Shoro-mlima
Turkish: Lopes ötleğeni
Ukrainian: Куцокрил східний
Chinese: 喀麦隆短翅莺
Chinese (Traditional): 喀麥隆短翅鶯

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