Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis) - HBW 11, p. 614
French: Locustelle fluviatile
German: Schlagschwirl
Spanish: Buscarla Fluvial
Other common names: Eurasian River Warbler
Taxonomy: Sylvia fluviatilis Wolf, 1810, River Danube, Austria.
Forms a species pair with L. luscinioides. Studies of mitochondrial DNA indicate that the two form a group with L. lanceolata and L. naevia; close affinities of these four with certain Asian Bradypterus species also suggested. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds C & E Europe (E from S Finland, S Sweden, W Germany, E Austria and Bulgaria) E to SW Siberia (R Irtysh region) and NW Kazakhstan; non-breeding E & S Africa.
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its a rarety in Holland Locality Groningen Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 July 2011 32 weeks ago 55 sec 4.9 -
A male singing in a tree. Locality Groningen Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 4 July 2011 32 weeks ago 1 min 17 sec 4.8 -
A male bird singing from it's post in a small tree. Locality Groningen Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 4 July 2011 32 weeks ago 1 min 9 sec 4.6 -
Different views of males singing from the mid-level of a tree Locality Lower Austria, Austria (Monotypic species)
Malcolm Mark Swan 29 May 2006 4 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
A male singing at night Locality Kemeri National Park, Jurmala, Latvia (Monotypic species)
Andis Liepa 30 April 1999 7 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A male singing Locality Bialowieza National Park, Bialowieza Forest, Podlaskie Province, Poland (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 4 June 2009 1 year ago 21 sec 4
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A male bird singing on top of a gorse bush
Locality Applecross, Highland Council, Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 8 July 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A male bird singing in a gorse bush
Locality Applecross, Highland Council, Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 8 July 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A male bird singing in a sycamore tree
Locality Applecross, Highland Council, Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 8 July 2009 2 years ago 3
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Song. Locality Sweden
AnteStrand 20 June 2010 1 year ago 4
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