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Basra Reed-Warbler

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Acrocephalus griseldis

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
- 5.1 Diet
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

17cm

Grey head
Olive-brown back
White underparts and throat
Narrow, long, pointed orange bill
Brown eye
Grey legs

[edit] Distribution

Southern Iraq (Tigris and Euphrates valleys); winters Kenya to Malawi

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Beds of papyrus and reeds, aquatic vegetation in or around shallow, fresh or brackish water.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
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