Little rush warbler

{{Speciesbox

| name = Little rush warbler

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Bradypterus baboecala |volume=2017 |page=e.T103793989A118742815 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103793989A118742815.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| image = African Bush-Warbler - South Africa S4E7737 (16708155164), crop.jpg

| image_caption = In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

| genus = Bradypterus

| species = baboecala

| authority = (Vieillot, 1817)

| synonyms =

| range_map = Bradypterus baboecala distribution map.png

| range_map_caption = {{legend0|green| resident range}}

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The little rush warbler or African bush warbler (Bradypterus baboecala) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.

Range and habitat

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is swamps.

Vocalization

Its characteristic vocalization starts slow and increases in speed; it has been described as "distinctive and loud."Selfe, Gavin. "Seychelles. London, UK: Christopher Helm. 6. Urban, EK, Fry, CH and Keith, S.(eds) 1986. The Birds of Africa. Vol 2. London, UK: Academic Press." It occurs most often during breeding season, while raining.

References

External links

Little rush warbler/African Sedge Warbler - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/638.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].

little rush warbler

Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa

little rush warbler

Category:Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot

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