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 NT    Ja River Scrub-Warbler* Id (Atlas):
    Bradypterus grandis

Description (7)
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Other Names (World)
Dja River Swamp-Warbler, Dja River Scrub-Warbler, Ja River Scrub-Warbler, Dja River Warbler, Dja River Bush-warbler, Giant Bush-warbler, Giant Swamp-warbler, Dja River Scrub Warbler, Dja River Swamp Warbler

Family
Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Ogilvie-Grant, 1917

Habitat
Dense sedges, small, isolated swamps in the forest zone. From 400 - 800 m.

Range (Guide)
Cameroon (B) (NB), Central African Republic (B) (NB), Gabon (B) (NB).

South-eastern Cameroon, south-western Central African Republic and southern Gabon.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010).

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through forest clearance accompanied by the drainage of adjacent swamps appears to be the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A slow 'chiddup chiddup' which speeds up into staccato call, very often given in display flight and accompanied with whirring of wings.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

 
Dja River Scrub Warbler (Bradypterus grandis) [XC862450]
     by BurBenj from Lobeke National Park, Petite savanna, Cameroon (song)

 
Dja River Scrub Warbler (Bradypterus grandis) [XC677325]
     by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Bakoumba, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Grauer's Swamp-Warbler (Bradypterus graueri). These two, together with Little Rush-warbler (Bradypterus baboecala) and White-winged Swamp-Warbler (Bradypterus carpalis), make up a group of four swamp-dwelling Afrotropical species.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Ja River Scrub-Warbler (Bradypterus grandis) - 7 files


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