Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Clamorous Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) - HBW 11, p. 626
French: Rousserolle stentor
German: Stentorrohrsänger
Spanish: Carricero Estentóreo
Other common names: Southern Great Reed-warbler; Indian Great Reed-warbler (brunnescens); Assam Great Reed-warbler (amyae); Ceylon/Sri Lanka Great Reed-warbler (meridionalis); Heinroth’s Reed-warbler (celebensis)
Taxonomy: Curruca stentorea Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833, Dumyât, north Egypt.
According to mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology, this species is part of a monophyletic clade together with A. arundinaceus, A. orientalis, A. australis and A. vaughani; probably other Pacific species also belong to this clade, but genetic data lacking. Has often been considered conspecific with A. australis; relations of populations from Indonesia to Solomons unclear, and they might belong instead in A. australis. Hybrids between present species and A. arundinaceus described from Kazakhstan. Somewhat larger and darker birds from Levant.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Curruca stentorea Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833, Dumyât, north Egypt.
According to mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology, this species is part of a monophyletic clade together with A. arundinaceus, A. orientalis, A. australis and A. vaughani; probably other Pacific species also belong to this clade, but genetic data lacking. Has often been considered conspecific with A. australis; relations of populations from Indonesia to Solomons unclear, and they might belong instead in A. australis. Hybrids between present species and A. arundinaceus described from Kazakhstan. Somewhat larger and darker birds from Levant, currently included in nominate race, sometimes separated as race levantinus; those of Buru have occasionally been separated as race toxopei; race sumbae sometimes subsumed into celebensis. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
According to mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology, this species is part of a monophyletic clade together with A. arundinaceus, A. orientalis, A. australis and A. vaughani; probably other Pacific species also belong to this clade, but genetic data lacking. Has often been considered conspecific with A. australis; relations of populations from Indonesia to Solomons unclear, and they might belong instead in A. australis. Hybrids between present species and A. arundinaceus described from Kazakhstan. Somewhat larger and darker birds from Levant, currently included in nominate race, sometimes separated as race levantinus; those of Buru have occasionally been separated as race toxopei; race sumbae sometimes subsumed into celebensis. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- stentoreus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - Egypt (including Sinai) and Levant.
- brunnescens (Jerdon, 1839) - NE Sudan, NW Somalia, Arabian Peninsula, and from SC Kazakhstan S to S Iraq and Iran and E to N Indian Subcontinent; non-breeding also peninsular India.
- amyae Stuart Baker, 1922 - NE India (plains of R Brahmaputra, in Assam) E to N Myanmar and S China (SE Xizang E to S Sichuan and Guizhou).
- stentoreus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - Egypt (including Sinai) and Levant.
- brunnescens (Jerdon, 1839) - NE Sudan, NW Somalia, Arabian Peninsula, and from SC Kazakhstan S to S Iraq and Iran and E to N Indian Subcontinent; non-breeding also peninsular India.
- amyae Stuart Baker, 1922 - NE India (plains of R Brahmaputra, in Assam) E to N Myanmar and S China (SE Xizang E to S Sichuan and Guizhou).
- meridionalis (Legge, 1875) - S India and Sri Lanka.
- siebersi Salomonsen, 1928 - W Java.
- lentecaptus E. J. O. Hartert, 1924 - Borneo, C & E Java and W Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa).
- harterti Salomonsen, 1928 - Philippines.
- celebensis Heinroth, 1903 - S Sulawesi.
- sumbae E. J. O. Hartert, 1924 - S Moluccas (Buru) and C & E Lesser Sundas (Sumba, Timor) to New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Is.
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A bird catching and eating an insect, close to the water Locality Muara Angke, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia) (ssp siebersi)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2007 5 years ago 46 sec 4.5 -
A bird looking for prey close to the water Locality Muara Angke, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia) (ssp siebersi)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2007 5 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A bird moving in the vegetation and calling once at the end. Locality Thrissur Paddy Fields, Thrissur District, Kerala, India (ssp brunnescens)
Josep del Hoyo 6 December 2009 3 years ago 38 sec 3.8 -
An individual singing from a reedbed in windy conditions, in a small wetland adjacent to the Amu Bukhara Canal, near Korovulbaza Locality Korovulbazar, Bukhara Province, Uzbekistan (ssp brunnescens)
Greg Baker 12 May 2008 1 year ago 20 sec 2.8 -
A bird calling in a bush Locality At Tafila, Jordan (ssp stentoreus)
Christian Dortu 31 March 2004 7 years ago 24 sec 2.3
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on reeds
Locality Neve Eitan, Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 21 December 2010 1 year ago 4.6 -
Catches a Dragon Fly
Locality Abu Nakhla Ponds, Doha, Qatar
John A Thompson 13 August 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
Clamorous Reed-warbler
Locality Gujarat, India
deomurari 15 November 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
A bird perched on top of a bush
Locality Mangalajodi, Orissa, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 29 December 2012 20 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird peeks out from behind a palm tree.
Locality Dhofar Governorate, Oman
Fran Trabalon 4 January 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
on reeds
Locality Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 23 November 2010 2 years ago 3.9
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Recorded around Bast e Gez Dam Lake, Kookherd. Locality Kookherd District, Bastak County, Hormozgān Province, Iran
Ghaffar 9 June 2011 2 years ago 4.7 -
Alarm calls short tuk tuk Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp brunnescens)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1983 3 years ago 4 -
Singing during courtship Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp brunnescens)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1983 3 years ago 4 -
A single call of a bird. Locality Thrissur Paddy Fields, Thrissur District, Kerala, India
(ssp brunnescens)
Josep del Hoyo 6 December 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Calling almost continuously for a long period Locality Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 1994 3 years ago 3
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