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Little Rush Warbler

Bradypterus baboecala

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWetlandCup nestTiny · 13 g
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 1
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel · CC BY 4.0
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 2
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel · CC BY 4.0
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 3
Photo: Christiaan Viljoen · CC BY 4.0
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 4
Photo: Jared Zachary Herman · CC BY 4.0
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 5
Photo: Jared Zachary Herman · CC BY 4.0
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 6
Photo: Christiaan Viljoen · CC BY 4.0
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 7
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 8
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 9
Photo: Jared Zachary Herman · CC BY 4.0
Little Rush Warbler (Bradypterus baboecala), photo 10
Photo: Jared Zachary Herman · CC BY 4.0

What the Little Rush Warbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Little Rush Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Kileo Jumah · Song · Amani nature reserve, East Usambara,Tanga, Tanzania · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Voice: Its characteristic vocalization starts slow and increases in speed; it has been described as "distinctive and loud." It occurs most often during breeding season, while raining.

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When to see the Little Rush Warbler

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Little Rush Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 17 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Zimbabwe Botswana Zambia Mozambique Eswatini Kenya Tanzania Namibia Malawi Ethiopia Ghana Angola Benin Uganda Lesotho Nigeria

Recorded as a rare visitor in Congo - Kinshasa, Gambia.

About the Little Rush Warbler

The little rush warbler or African bush warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Barratt's Warbler (Bradypterus barratti) Barratt's WarblerBradypterus barrattiThe bird is 15 cm in size, and its average weight is 15 g. Cinnamon Bracken Warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus) Cinnamon Bracken WarblerBradypterus cinnamomeusThe cinnamon bracken warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. Knysna Warbler (Bradypterus sylvaticus) Knysna WarblerBradypterus sylvaticusBrown with an olivaceous tinge on the upperpart plumage, including the wings and tail.

Side by side: Barratt's Warbler vs Little Rush Warbler · Knysna Warbler vs Little Rush Warbler

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