Siwa Reed Warbler (1 Viewer)

[James Jobling]

A new subspecies of Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus in Egypt. Jens Hering, Hans Winkler & Frank D. Steinheimer.
Acrocephalus scirpaceus ammon, subsp. nov., Siwa Reed Warbler. Hering et al., 2016, BBOC, 136(2), 105.
"Etymology.- The epithet ammon, a noun in apposition (cf. Art. 11, 31.2.1., 31.2.3., ICZN 1999) derives from the ancient Egyptian sun god Ammon-Re (or Amun-Re) who was deified by the local people of the Siwa Oasis and its environs. Siwa was known by the names Ammonion and Ammonium during ancient times as the site of an oracle consulted by Bedouins." (Hering et al., 2016).

 

[Melanie]

It is still not mentioned at HBW alive

 

[James Jobling]

But it is in the HBWAlive Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. , because I created the entry only yesterday (after receipt of my copy of BBOC).