African Scrub-Warbler (Bradypterus barratti)

Other Names (World)
Barratt's Warbler, African Scrub-Warbler, Barratt's Scrub-warbler

Family
Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1876

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud, staccato, crescendo 'seee-pliip-pliip' song. A harsh 'chrrrr' uttered in alarm.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (50)...)

Barratt's Warbler (Bradypterus barratti) [XC518905]
by Frank Lambert from Sani Pass road mid section, Maloti-Drakensberg Park (near Mkhomazi Wilderness area), East Griqualand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (song)

Barratt's Warbler (Bradypterus barratti) [XC279875]
by Faansie Peacock from Xumeni Forest, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Cameroon Scrub-Warbler (Bradypterus lopezi), but differs in habitat preference, song and tail morphology (rather broad rectrices). Regarded as forming a superspecies with Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus), probably also including Bangwa Warbler (Bradypterus bangwaensis). All four species make up a group of similar Afrotropical sylviids of forest and forest edge.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

priesti Benson, 1946 - Eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique.
barratti Sharpe, 1876 - North-eastern South Africa (eastern and northern Northern Province), western Swaziland, and Lebombo Mts (south-western Mozambique-eastern Swaziland-northern KwaZulu-Natal borders).
godfreyi (Roberts, 1922) - Eastern South Africa (lowland KwaZulu-Natal south to coastal eastern Cape).
cathkinensis Vincent, 1948 - Highlands of eastern South Africa (from Mpumalanga south through interior KwaZulu-Natal to Griqualand West, in eastern Cape) and Lesotho.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for African Scrub-Warbler (Bradypterus barratti) - 10 files

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