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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | Dull brown plumage, rounded head and fine bill. Distinctive white eyestripe. Unstreaked grey-brown back, white grey underparts. The sexes are identical. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | Southern [[Europe]] into temperate western [[Asia]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Reedbeds and marshes. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | The diet includes insects. | ||
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+ | 3-6 eggs are laid in a nest in reeds. | ||
==Bird Song== | ==Bird Song== | ||
<flashmp3>Locustella luscinioides (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Locustella luscinioides (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
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- Locustella luscinioides
Identification
Dull brown plumage, rounded head and fine bill. Distinctive white eyestripe. Unstreaked grey-brown back, white grey underparts. The sexes are identical.
Distribution
Southern Europe into temperate western Asia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Reedbeds and marshes.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects.
3-6 eggs are laid in a nest in reeds.
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Locustella luscinioides (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program