Bamboo Scrub-Warbler (Bradypterus alfredi)

Other Names (World)
Bamboo Warbler, Bamboo Scrub-Warbler, Newton's Scrub-warbler

Family
Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub, 1890

Habitat
Bamboo, areas of high grass and dense cover both in and outside forest and in forest edge, riverine marshland, Combretum/Terminalia savanna, crops, and mixed deciduous woodland, grassy secondary growth and moist evergreen forest. From 525 - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Ethiopia (B), Sudan (B), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B), Uganda (B), Zambia (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Bamboo Warbler (Locustella alfredi) [XC508970]
by Peter Boesman from , Zambia (call)

Bamboo Warbler (Locustella alfredi) [XC508972]
by Dries Van de Loock from Mutanda Falls, Northwestern Province, Zambia (song)

Subspecies
Has been allied with Knysna Warbler (Bradypterus sylvaticus) on basis of its shortish rounded tail, but such a relationship generally not accepted. The two have totally different songs.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

alfredi Hartlaub, 1890 - Western Ethiopia (Didessa, Bulchra Forest, Gambela), south-eastern Sudan (Gilo, in Imatong Mts), eastern DRCongo (southern Lendu Plateau and Ruwenzoris south to highlands Nwest of Baraka) and western Uganda (Bugoma Forest, Mubuku Valley).
kungwensis (Moreau, 1942) - Western Tanzania ( Mt Kungwe, Mt Mahare), south-eastern DRCongo (Lwiru and Dipidi, in Upemba National Park) and north-western Zambia (north-western Mwinilunga).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bamboo Scrub-Warbler (Bradypterus alfredi) - 3 files

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