African Bush-Warbler

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The African Bush-Warbler is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The African Bush-warbler (Bradypterus baboecala) is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is swamps. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Bradypterus baboecala. More

English: African bush-warbler, African sedge warbler; French: Bouscarle des marais; German: Sumpfbuschsänger; Spanish: Ruiseñor Africano. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 5.9–7.5 in (15–19 cm); 0.4–0.6 oz (11–17 g). Medium-sized warbler with dark brown upperparts, buffy flanks and breast, whitish underparts, whitish throat streaked or spotted with dark brown, and pale eye line. Tail wide and rounded. DISTRIBUTION Sub-Saharan Africa. Widespread, but local in the northern tropics; common throughout much of the south. More

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Order : Passeriformes
Family : Sylviidae
Genus : Bradypterus
Species : baboecala
Authority : (Vieillot, 1817)