Grauer's Warbler (Graueria vittata)

An enigmatic little bird, Grauer's Warbler (Graueria vittata) is fairly common understory warbler in montane forests in the Albertine Rift. Like a few other strange Albertine Rift endemics, like Congo Bay Owl Phodilus prigoninei and Grauer's Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri, it's closest relatives are probably Asian.

Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Photo © John M. Bates