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| + | [[Image:1024rw6P2083267.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|CollinBax|CollinBax}} <br />Cape Town, [[South Africa]], February 2011]] | ||
| + | ;[[:Category:Acrocephalus|Acrocephalus]] baeticatus | ||
| + | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 12–13 cm (4¾-5 in)<br /> | ||
| + | *Brown upperparts | ||
| + | *White [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]] | ||
| + | *White underparts | ||
| + | *Rufous flanks | ||
| + | *Strong pointed bill with down-curved upper [[Dictionary_M-O#M|mandible]], dull yellow with a yellower base | ||
| + | *Black legs | ||
| + | *Brown eyes<br /> | ||
| + | The sexes are similar<br /> | ||
| + | '''Juvenile''' has a rufous rump. | ||
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and the [[Iberian Peninsula]] | ||
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| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ''Acrocephalus baeticatus'' was split from the [[Eurasian Reed Warbler]] ''Acrocephalus scirpaceus''; recent studies indicate that they may be lumped again in future. | ||
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| + | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| + | There are 6 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
| + | *''A. b. ambiguus'': | ||
| + | :* Breeds in northwestern [[Africa]] ([[Morocco]] to [[Tunisia]]) and southwestern [[Europe]] (Iberian Peninsula); Moroccon population at least partially resident, otherwise winters in sub-Saharan Africa, but range not known in detail | ||
| + | *''A. b. guiersi'': | ||
| + | :*Northern [[Senegal]] | ||
| + | *''A. b. cinnamomeus'': | ||
| + | :*[[Senegal]] east to [[South Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], and southern [[Somalia]], south to eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], eastern [[Zambia]], [[Malawi]], and [[Mozambique]] | ||
| + | *''A. b. hallae'': | ||
| + | :*Southwestern [[Angola]] south to western [[Botswana]] and western [[South Africa]] | ||
| + | *''A. b. suahelicus'': | ||
| + | :*Coastal [[Tanzania]] to eastern [[Mozambique]] and northeastern [[South Africa]] (KwaZulu-Natal) | ||
| + | *''A. b. baeticatus'': | ||
| + | :*Eastern [[Botswana]] and [[Zimbabwe]] to southern and southeastern [[South Africa]] | ||
| + | ''avicenniae'', now a subspecies of Eurasian Reed Warbler was formerly included in this species. ''A. cinnamomeus'' is sometimes split (Cinnamon Warbler) as separate species. | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Over or close to marshy ground, in reed or sedge beds, or in rank, reedy areas | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | The diet consists of insects and invertebrates. They generally forage low down or at a medium height in reeds, sedges, bushes etc. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | They build a deep basket nest from strips of reed, grass and sedges, lined with finer grasses, placed low in reeds. The clutch consists of 2-4 white eggs. | ||
| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | The song is a slow, chattering ''jit-jit-jit''. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016) | ||
| + | #Wikipedia | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | {{GSearch|Acrocephalus+baeticatus}} | ||
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