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Acrocephalus rufescens

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Widespread throughout sub-saharan Africa
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• A. r. senegalensis:

• Senegal

• A. r. rufescens:

• Ghana to Nigeria, Cameroon, Cabinda and north-western Zaire; Bioko

• A. r. chadensis:

• Lake Chad environs

• A. r. ansorgei (niloticus, foxi):

• Southern Sudan to Uganda, eastern Zaire, western Kenya, northern Botswana and north-western Angola

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. 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.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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