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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Rufous-eared Warbler* |
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Malcorus pectoralis |
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Description (10)
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Rufous-eared Warbler
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Other Names (World)
Rufous-eared Warbler, Rufous-eared Prinia
Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)
Size
14 - 15 cm
First Described (Guide)
Smith, 1829
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland.
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A scolding, high-pitched 'chweeo, chweeo, chweeo...'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (43)...)
Rufous-eared Warbler (Malcorus pectoralis) [XC475067]
by Dawie de Swardt from Veld at Florisbad, Soutpan, Free State, South Africa (call)
Rufous-eared Warbler (Malcorus pectoralis) [XC491810]
by Frank Lambert from Klerksdorp, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Often placed in Prinia, but genetic evidence indicates it is distinct.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
- etoshae (Winterbottom, 1965) - Northern and central Namibia.
- ocularius (Smith, A, 1843) - Southern Namibia, southern Botswana and northern South Africa (south to R Orange).
- pectoralis Smith, 1829 - Southern South Africa (south of R Orange and south-western Free State).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Rufous-eared Warbler see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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