Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Little Rush-warbler (Bradypterus baboecala) - HBW 11, p. 599
French: Bouscarle caqueteuse
German: Sumpfbuschsänger
Spanish: Zarzalero Charlatán
Other common names: African Bush-warbler/Sedge Warbler
Taxonomy: Sylvia baboecala Vieillot, 1817, Knysna district, south-east Western Cape, South Africa.
Perhaps allied to B. carpalis, which it resembles vocally; these two, together with B. graueri and B. grandis, make up a group of four swamp-dwelling Afrotropical species. Birds in Kenya Highlands sing differently from those of E African coast and in W & S Africa, and may prove to represent a distinct species. Ten subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chadensis Bannerman, 1936 - L Chad.
- centralis Neumann, 1908 - Nigeria and Cameroon; NE DRCongo E to SW Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
- sudanensis C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1941 - S Sudan.
- chadensis Bannerman, 1936 - L Chad.
- centralis Neumann, 1908 - Nigeria and Cameroon; NE DRCongo E to SW Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
- sudanensis C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1941 - S Sudan.
- abyssinicus (Blundell & Lovat, 1899) - Ethiopia.
- elgonensis Madarász, 1912 - highlands of E Uganda and W & C Kenya.
- msiri Neave, 1909 - SE DRCongo and N & W Zambia (to bordering SW Tanzania) S to E & SE Angola, extreme NE Namibia (Caprivi) and NW Botswana.
- benguellensis Bannerman, 1927 - W Angolan plateau.
- tongensis Roberts, 1931 - SE Kenya, E Tanzania, E & S Zambia, Malawi, E Zimbabwe and NW, C & S Mozambique S to NE South Africa (E Northern Province, lowland KwaZulu-Natal) and E Swaziland.
- transvaalensis Roberts, 1919 - C Zimbabwe plateau, N & E South Africa (highveld of Northern Province, W KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, E Griqualand), W Swaziland and lowlands of Lesotho.
- baboecala (Vieillot, 1817) - S South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult perched and singing from a reedbed Locality Paarl Bird Sanctuary, Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp baboecala)
Greg Baker 27 September 2002 37 weeks ago 43 sec 4.3 -
Several views of a bird perched in reeds and calling Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 December 2000 5 years ago 28 sec 3.7
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Bird perched on reed
Locality Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 29 November 2012 23 weeks ago 4.3 -
In a huge papyrus swamp
Locality Kisoro, Uganda (ssp centralis)
auf 15 August 2009 3 years ago 3.4 -
In a huge papyrus swamp
Locality Kisoro, Uganda (ssp moreaui)
auf 15 August 2009 3 years ago 3
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Call and wingbeats from reedbed next to lake at Wakkerstroom. 16:08 Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(ssp transvaalensis)
Charles Hesse 2 January 2010 3 years ago 3
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