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Savi's Warbler

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Photo by john-henryPego Marsh, Valencia, Spain.
Photo by john-henry
Pego Marsh, Valencia, Spain.
Locustella luscinioides

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[edit] Identification

  • Dull brown plumage
  • Rounded head
  • Fine bill
  • White eyestripe
  • Unstreaked grey-brown back
  • Whitish-grey underparts

Sexes are alike

[edit] Distribution

Southern Europe into temperate western Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • L. l. luscinioides:
  • L. l. sarmatica:
  • Ukraine and Sea of Azov to Volga and southern Urals; winters north-eastern Africa
  • L. l. fusca:

[edit] Habitat

Reedbeds and marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] Breeding

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

[edit] Vocalisation


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[edit] References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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