Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Bamboo Warbler (Bradypterus alfredi) - HBW 11, p. 600
French: Bouscarle des bambous
German: Graubrust-Buschsänger
Spanish: Zarzalero del Bambú
Other common names: Bamboo/Newton’s Scrub-warbler
Taxonomy: Bradypterus alfredi Hartlaub, 1890, Nyangabo, north-east DRCongo.
Has been allied with B. sylvaticus on basis of its shortish rounded tail, but such a relationship generally not accepted; the two have totally different songs. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- alfredi Hartlaub, 1890 - W Ethiopia (Didessa, Bulchra Forest, Gambela), SE Sudan (Gilo, in Imatong Mts), E DRCongo (S Lendu Plateau and Ruwenzoris S to highlands NW of Baraka) and W Uganda (Bugoma Forest, Mubuku Valley).
- kungwensis Moreau, 1942 - W Tanzania ( Mt Kungwe, Mt Mahare), SE DRCongo (Lwiru and Dipidi, in Upemba National Park) and NW Zambia (NW Mwinilunga).
- Least Concern
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