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Photo by axel1950
Photo taken: Cousin, Seychelles.

Alternative name: Seychelles Warbler

Acrocephalus sechellensis

[edit] Identification

13-14 cm. Long grey-blue legs, long horn coloured bill, and red eye. Back, wings, flanks and head are green brown and the belly and breast are white. Strong white throat and pale supercilium in front of the eye. Juvenile birds are darker with a more bluish eye.

[edit] Distribution

Seychelles.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Forests and dense shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects which are gleaned from the underside of leaves.

A breeding pair is helped by female birds.

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