Acrocephalus griseldis (Basra
reed-warbler)
Basrarietsanger [Afrikaans]; Basra-karekiet [Dutch];
Rousserolle d'Irak [French]; Basra-rohrsänger [German];
Rouxinol-dos-caniços do Iraque [Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Passeriformes
> Family: Sylviidae > Genus: Acrocephalus
Distribution and habitat
Vagrant in southern Africa, with 5 records all in the
eastern half of the region. Its breeding grounds are in the marshes of Iraq and
south-western Iran, flying south to east Africa in the non-breeding season,
staying there from about November-April.
Threats
Endangered, with its population of less then 10 000
individuals rapidly decreasing.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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