Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Cape Verde Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis) - HBW 11, p. 633

French: Rousserolle du Cap-Vert German: Kapverdenrohrsänger Spanish: Carricero de Cabo Verde
Other common names: Cane Warbler, Cape Verde Cane-warbler, Cape Verde (Islands) Warbler, Dohrn’s Swamp-warbler

Taxonomy: Calamodyta brevipennis Keulemans, 1866, São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands.
Genetic study suggests that this species may form a monophyletic clade with A. rufescens, A. gracilirostris, A. newtoni, A. rodericanus and A. sechellensis; these sometimes considered to comprise a separate genus, Calamocichla. Monotypic.

Distribution: Cape Verde Is (São Nicolau, São Tiago, Fogo).