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Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

African Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus baeticatus) - HBW 11, p. 621

French: Rousserolle africaine German: Gartenrohrsänger Spanish: Carricero Africano
Other common names: South African Reed-warbler (baeticatus); Rufescent/Cinnamon/Tropical African Reed-warbler, African Marsh Warbler (other races)

Taxonomy: Sylvia baeticata Vieillot, 1817, Knysna district, south-east Western Cape, South Africa.
Belongs to a probably monophyletic group of small plain-coloured species that also includes A. scirpaceus, A. dumetorum and A. palustris, along with the closely related A. agricola superspecies (comprising also A. tangorum and A. concinens). Has been considered conspecific with A. scirpaceus, but generally regarded as distinct because of different migratory behaviour and associated wing structure; DNA studies suggest that race avicenniae should perhaps be placed with that species. Proposed race fraterculus (from S Mozambique) syno.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Sylvia baeticata Vieillot, 1817, Knysna district, south-east Western Cape, South Africa.
Belongs to a probably monophyletic group of small plain-coloured species that also includes A. scirpaceus, A. dumetorum and A. palustris, along with the closely related A. agricola superspecies (comprising also A. tangorum and A. concinens). Has been considered conspecific with A. scirpaceus, but generally regarded as distinct because of different migratory behaviour and associated wing structure; DNA studies suggest that race avicenniae should perhaps be placed with that species. Proposed race fraterculus (from S Mozambique) synonymized with cinnamomeus. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • guiersi Colston & Morel, 1984 - N Senegal.
  • cinnamomeus Reichenow, 1908 - S Senegal, S Mali, E Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Chad, and W & S Sudan E to W & C Ethiopia and S Somalia, and S to N & SE DRCongo, E Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
  • avicenniae Ash et al., 1989 - mangroves of coastal Sudan, Eritrea, W Arabia and N Somalia.

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  • guiersi Colston & Morel, 1984 - N Senegal.
  • cinnamomeus Reichenow, 1908 - S Senegal, S Mali, E Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Chad, and W & S Sudan E to W & C Ethiopia and S Somalia, and S to N & SE DRCongo, E Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
  • avicenniae Ash et al., 1989 - mangroves of coastal Sudan, Eritrea, W Arabia and N Somalia.
  • hallae C. M. N. White, 1960 - SW Angola E to SW Zambia, S to Namibia, W & SW Botswana and W South Africa.
  • suahelicus Grote, 1926 - coastal Tanzania S (mainly in mangroves) to E Mozambique and NE South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).
  • baeticatus (Vieillot, 1817) - N Botswana and Zimbabwe S to S & SE South Africa.

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