About Eremomela pusilla Hartlaub, 1857
The Senegal eremomela (Eremomela pusilla Hartlaub, 1857) is a small bird. It has a pale brownish grey head and a pale white supercilium. Its back and mantle are green, turning brighter yellowish green on the rump. The throat and upper breast are white, changing to bright lemon yellow on the lower breast, belly, and vent. It has a blackish bill with a pale lower mandible, and pale brownish legs. This species is distributed across Western Africa, ranging from extreme southern Mauritania and Senegal to north western Cameroon, south-western Chad, and far north-western Central African Republic. The Senegal eremomela forms small parties that actively forage in wooded savanna, cultivated areas, and orchards. It is an arboreal, insectivorous species that eats ants, beetles, caterpillars, other larvae, and some fruit. In the western part of its range, it breeds in the first half of the year; egg laying has been recorded as late as October in Ivory Coast.
