Streaked Scrub-Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)

Other Names (World)
Streaked Scrub-Warbler, Scrub Warbler, Streaked Scrub Warbler

Family
Scotocercidae (Bush-warblers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cretzschmar, 1827)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland. From sea-level - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B) (NB), Algeria, Egypt, India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel, Jordan (B) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman (B), Pakistan, Palestinian Authority Territories, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan (B), Tunisia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates (B), Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, Yemen (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (63)...)

Streaked Scrub Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta) [XC509589]
by Cedric Mroczko from Dead Sea Region, Be'er Sheva, South District, Israel (alarm call)

Streaked Scrub Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta) [XC472510]
by Alain Verneau from Khar Turan National Park (near Biy\u0101rjomand), Shahrud, Semnan, Iran (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus Prinia, but has shorter tail and distinctive song. Proposed subspecies harterti (from Libya) synonymized with saharae. Oman population placed in subspecies grisea, but may belong with striata.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

theresae Meinertzhagen, R, 1939 - Southern Morocco, western Sahara and Mauritania.
saharae (Loche, 1858) - Eastern Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
inquieta (Cretzschmar, 1827) - Egypt, Israel and northern Arabia east to Persian Gulf.
grisea Bates, 1936 - Western Saudi Arabia, eastern Yemen and Oman.
buryi Ogilvie-Grant, 1902 - Southern Saudi Arabia and western Yemen.
striata (Brooks, WE, 1872) - South-central Iraq, southern Iran, Pakistan and southern Afganistan.
montana Stepanyan, 1970 - Mountains of north-eastern Iran, southern Turkmeniya, western Tajikistan and northern Afghanistan.
platyura (Severtsov, 1873) - Plains of northern Turkmeniya, southern Uzbekistan and south-western Tajikistan.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Streaked Scrub-Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta) - 10 files

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