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Acrocephalus rufescens ansorgei 

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)
 
 

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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.  
     
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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.  
     
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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.

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