Highland Rush Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Eastern Rush Warbler

Bradypterus centralis

Identification

13–15 cm (5-6 in)

• Drab brownish overall plumage with lighter underparts

Distribution

Central African Highlands.

Taxonomy

Formerly considered conspecific with Little Rush Warbler and still considered so by Clements.

Subspecies

Gill and Donsker recognize two subspecies:

• B. c. centralis:

• northeast and east DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, to southwest Uganda and northwest Tanzania

• B. c. elgonensis:

• Highlands of western and central Kenya and south-eastern Uganda

Dickinson also includes chadensis and sudanensis in this species, Gill and Donsker keep them in Little Rush Warbler.

Habitat

Swamps, wetlands, reed and sedge beds

Behaviour

Normally skulkers, these birds sometimes call from higher up on bulrushes or reeds.

Diet

Their diet mostly consists of small insects and ant eggs.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.4). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2014. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th ed. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0956861122

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Highland Rush Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Highland_Rush_Warbler

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