Linguistics |
Actual scientific name : |
|
Acrocephalus rufescens ansorgei |
|
|
|
Old scientific name : |
|
Calamocichla rufescens nilotica |
|
|
|
French name : |
|
Grande fauvette aquatique |
|
|
|
English name : |
|
Greater Swamp-Warbler |
|
|
|
Vernacular name : |
|
Ngepe (Tshiluba) ; Katende (Kiluba) | |
|
|
|
Zoology |
Call : |
|
|
|
|
|
Description : |
|
Distinguished from the other warblers by its large size. Its legs are bluish-grey, eyes are brown and the sides of its bill are yellow. |
|
|
|
Habitat : |
|
Only known from the Upemba on the Kisale lake. Its preferred habitats are large payrus swamps. |
|
|
|
Behaviour : |
|
|
|
|
|
Diet : |
|
Feeds on small insects and other beetles found in papyrus. |
|
|
|
Life history : |
|
Nests here by attaching its nest to reeds or by placing it in a papyrus' head. Nidification takes place during the rainy season. |
|
|
|
Distribution in Katanga : |
|
|
|
|
History, Ethnology, Sociology |
Interactions with humans : |
|
|
|
|
|
Taboos : |
|
|
|
|
|
Legends, believes, folklore : |
|
|
|
|
|
Fishing, hunting : |
|
|
|
|
|
Feeding : |
|
|
|
|
|
Breeding, taming : |
|
|
|
|
|
Uses of skin or other body parts : |
|
|
Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
+ You are in :
ROOT > Vertebrata (Vertebrates) > Aves (Birds) > Passeriformes > Sylviidae (warblers)
|