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Pego Marsh, Valencia, Spain.

Locustella luscinioides

[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:

• Central and eastern Europe to Iberian Peninsula and North Africa; winters to Sudan

• L. l. sarmatica:

• Ukraine and Sea of Azov to Volga and southern Urals; winters north-eastern Africa

• L. l. fusca:

• Turkey and Jordan to central Asia; winters to Sudan and Ethiopia

[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

[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

• List of references

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