Greater swamp warbler
| Greater swamp warbler | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Sylvioidea |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Acrocephalus |
| Species: | A. rufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrocephalus rufescens (Sharpe & Bouvier, 1877) | |
The greater swamp warbler (Acrocephalus rufescens) is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is swamps.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Acrocephalus rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Greater swamp warbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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