Little Rush Warbler

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Alternative names: African Bush-Warbler, African Sedge Warbler

Photo by GarethH
Helderberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, December 2005

Bradypterus baboecala

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Swaziland

Taxonomy

There are 10 subspecies

Subspecies^[1]

• B. b. centralis:

• Nigeria to southern Cameroon, north-eastern Zaire, Burundi, Rwanda, south-western Uganda

• B. b. chadensis:

• Western Chad

• B. b. sudanensis:

• Southern Sudan

• B. b. abyssinicus:

• Ethiopia

• B. b. elgonensis:

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

• B. b. tongensis (moreaui):

• South-eastern Kenya to Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Natal

• B. b. benguellensis:

• Western Angola

• B. b. msiri (bedfordi):

• Eastern Angola to Zambia, south-eastern Zaire (Shaba) and north-eastern Botswana

• B. b. transvaalensis:

• Central Zimbabwe to western Swaziland, Transvaal, Lesotho and western Natal

• B. b. baboecala:

• Southern South Africa (east to Great Kei River)

Habitat

Swamps, wetlands, reed and sedge beds

Behaviour

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

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Little Rush Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Little_Rush_Warbler

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