Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Greater Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus rufescens) - HBW 11, p. 633
French: Rousserolle des cannes
German: Papyrusrohrsänger
Spanish: Carricero Rufo
Other common names: Rufous Swamp-warbler/Cane-warbler, Long-clawed Papyrus-warbler
Taxonomy: Bradypterus rufescens Sharpe and Bouvier, 1876, Landana, Cabinda, Angola.
Genetic study suggests that this species may form a monophyletic clade with A. brevipennis, A. gracilirostris, A. newtoni, A. rodericanus and A. sechellensis; these sometimes considered to comprise a separate genus, Calamocichla. Birds from NW & SW Uganda, described as respective races niloticus and foxi, considered indistinguishable from ansorgei. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- senegalensis Colston & Morel, 1985 - Senegal and Gambia.
- rufescens (Sharpe & Bouvier, 1876) - Ghana, S Togo, S Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko I (Fernandóo Po), N Central African Republic and NW DRCongo.
- chadensis (Alexander, 1907) - L Chad environs.
- ansorgei (E. J. O. Hartert, 1906) - NW Angola, and S Sudan S to Uganda, Rwanda and adjacent E DRCongo, W Kenya, Zambia, NE Namibia (part of Caprivi Strip), extreme N Botswana and W Zimbabwe.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a huge swamp
Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
auf 15 August 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A bird in a huge swamp.
Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
auf 15 August 2009 3 years ago 3 -
a bird in a great swamp
Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
auf 15 August 2009 3 years ago 2.7 -
Bird on papyrus
Locality Bare, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 17 January 2010 2 years ago 2.4
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