Madagascar Brush-warbler (Nesillas typica)

Other Names (World)
Madagascar Brush-Warbler, Common Tsikirity, Anjouan Brush-warbler (longicaudata), Malagasy Brush Warbler

Family
Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1860)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest. From sea-level - 2,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Comoros, Madagascar.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (51)...)

Malagasy Brush Warbler (Nesillas typica) [XC422300]
by Dries Van de Loock from Toamasina Province; Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Mantadia, Madagascar (call)

Malagasy Brush Warbler (Nesillas typica) [XC142968]
by Hans Matheve from Vohibinany, Toamasina, Madagascar (alarm call)

Subspecies
Nesillas typica (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Madagascar Brush-warbler (Nesillas typica) and Subdesert Brush-warbler (Nesillas lantzii) following Schulenberg et al. (1993).

Formerly treated as conspecific with Subdesert Brush-warbler (Nesillas lantzii) but the two occur sympatrically without interbreeding. Has also been considered conspecific with Grand Comoro Brush-warbler (Nesillas brevicaudata), but differs vocally. Subspecies longicaudata sometimes treated as a separate species.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

moheliensis Benson, 1960 - Moh�li (Mwali), in Comoro Is.
longicaudata (E. Newton, 1877) - Forest undergrowth of Anjouan (Comoro Islands). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Anjouan Brush-Warbler (Nesillas longicaudata).
typica (Hartlaub, 1860) - Northern, east, north-western and central Madagascar, to edge of western savanna.
obscura Delacour, 1931 - Western savanna of Madagascar.
ellisii (Schlegel & Pollen,1868) - Northern, north-eastern Madagascar.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Madagascar Brush-warbler (Nesillas typica) - 10 files

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