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Acrocephalus arundinaceus arundinaceus |
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Acrocephalus arundinaceus arundinaceus |
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Rousserolle turdoïde |
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Great Reed-Warbler |
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Resembles a thrush. Brown upperparts, white and creamy underparts. Well-defined pale eyebrow stripe. |
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Often near water. Migrator. The subspecies that visits Katanga from November to April comes from Asia. |
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Feeds on insects. |
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Does not nest here but can however be heard from January. |
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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.
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