Buff-bellied warbler
In Kenya
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Phyllolais Hartlaub, 1881
Species:	P. pulchella
Binomial name
Phyllolais pulchella (Cretzschmar, 1830)

Thebuff-bellied warbler (Phyllolais pulchella) is a species ofbird in the familyCisticolidae. It ismonotypic within the genusPhyllolais.^[2] It is found inCameroon,Central African Republic,Chad,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Kenya,Nigeria,Rwanda,Sudan,Tanzania, andUganda, where its naturalhabitats aresubtropical or tropical dry forest, drysavanna, andsubtropical or tropical dry shrubland.^[1]

It is a small, dull coloured warbler found in savanna and acacia woodland. It particularly favoursAcacia xanthophloea andAcacia abyssinica and can often be seen foraging among the branches in pairs or small groups. It is inconspicuous in its habits but can often be seen feeding in mix-species flocks.^[3]

• Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006)Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11.Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, BarcelonaISBN 978-84-96553-06-4

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