White-winged Swamp-Warbler (Bradypterus carpalis)

Other Names (World)
White-winged Swamp-Warbler, White-winged Scrub-Warbler, White-winged Warbler, White-winged Bush-warbler, White-winged Swamp Warbler

Family
Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Chapin, 1916

Habitat
Inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Locally in north-eastern and eastern DRCongo (north-eastern Uele and eastern Ituri, Kivu), south-western and south-eastern Uganda (Toro, western Ankole, Kigezi, and Sizibwa swamp), north, central and eastern Rwanda and central and eastern Burundi; also south-western Kenya (L Victoria, from Yala swamp south to Kisumu and Kendu Bay) and northern Zambia (R Luapula).

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 (24)...)

White-winged Swamp Warbler (Bradypterus carpalis) [XC265439]
by Martin St-Michel from Bigodi Swamp, southeast of Kibale NP, Bunyoro, Uganda (song)

White-winged Swamp Warbler (Bradypterus carpalis) [XC288323]
by James Bradley from Mwenge, Kyenjojo, Western Region, Uganda (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Perhaps allied to Little Rush-warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), which it resembles vocally. These two, together with Grauer's Swamp-Warbler (Bradypterus graueri) and Dja River Swamp-Warbler (Bradypterus grandis), make up a group of four swamp-dwelling Afrotropical species.

References
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