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).

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) [XC252285]
by Martin St-Michel from Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bushenyi, Western Region, Uganda (song)

White-winged Swamp Warbler (Bradypterus carpalis) [XC739443]
by Peter Boesman from Murchison falls National Park, 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
See References.

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