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Photo by john-henry
Photo taken: Pego Marsh, Valencia, Spain.

Locustella luscinioides

[edit] Identification

Dull brown plumage, rounded head and fine bill. Distinctive white eyestripe. Unstreaked grey-brown back, white grey underparts. The sexes are identical.

[edit] Distribution

Southern Europe into temperate western Asia.

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[edit] Habitat

Reedbeds and marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

3-6 eggs are laid in a nest in reeds.

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