Greater swamp warbler

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The greater swamp warbler (Acrocephalus rufescens) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is found in the African countries of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is swamps.

Greater swamp warbler
A. r. ansorgei at Menongue, Angola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Acrocephalus
Species:
A. rufescens
Binomial name
Acrocephalus rufescens
(Sharpe & Bouvier, 1877)
Subspecies[2]
  • A. r. senegalensis - Colston & Morel, 1985
  • A. r. rufescens - (Sharpe & Bouvier, 1877)
  • A. r. chadensis - (Alexander, 1907)
  • A. r. ansorgei - (Hartert, 1906)

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Acrocephalus rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22714846A118739711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22714846A118739711.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
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