Bamboo Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Bamboo Scrub-Warbler

Locustella alfredi

Bradypterus alfredi

Identification

15 cm

• Dark brown upperparts
• Greyish underparts

Distribution

In Africa, found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, including South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia

See subspecies ranges for more specifics.

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species^[1] consisting of 2 subspecies.

Subspecies

• L. a. alfredi:

• Western Ethiopia to western Uganda and western Democratic Republic of Congo

• L. a. kungwensis:

• Western Tanzania and northwestern Zambia

Habitat

Varied habitat, mostly areas with bamboo, forests and forest edges, tall grass and dense scrub, at heights up to 2300 m.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage on or near the ground for insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Lepage D. (2022) [ https://avibase.ca/A6C453C0]. Retrieved 15 September 2022
3. Pearson, D. (2021). Bamboo Warbler (Locustella alfredi), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.baswar1.01.1
4. BirdLife International

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bamboo Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bamboo_Warbler

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