Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Basrakarekiet
Common Names in English:
Basra Reed-Warbler
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,163 meters (0 to 7,096 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater
Ecology: Acrocephalus griseldis is found in aquatic
vegetation in or around shallow fresh or brackish water, still or flowing, mostly in large, dense reedbeds. It is found in thickets and bushland on migration and when wintering
. It occurs mostly singly or in pairs, but during migration it has been recorded in loose
groups10.[2]
List of Habitats
:2.1Savanna - Dry
3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater
Lakes
(over 8ha)
5.7Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
5.9Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater Springs and Oases
5.13Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Inland Deltas
5.16Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish
or Alkaline
Marshes/Pools
15.1Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)
15.6Artificial/Aquatic - Wastewater
Treatment Areas
15.9Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage
Channels
, Ditches
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Perching Birds
- Subfamily:
Acrocephalinae
()
- Genus:
Acrocephalus
()
- Naumann,JA & Naumann,JF 1811 Naturgesch.LandWasserVogelNord.Deutsch.
- Specific name:
griseldis
- (Hartlaub) 1891 Abh.naturwiss.Ver.Bremen 12 p.7
- Scientific name: - Acrocephalus griseldis (Hartlaub) 1891
- Specific name:
griseldis
- (Hartlaub) 1891 Abh.naturwiss.Ver.Bremen 12 p.7
- Genus:
Acrocephalus
(
- Subfamily:
Acrocephalinae
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acrocephalus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 97 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. aedon (Thick-Billed Reed Warbler) · A. aedon aedon (Thick-Billed Reed Warbler) · A. aedon stegmanni · A. aequinoctialis (Christmas Island Warbler) · A. agricola (Paddy-Field Warbler) · A. agricola agricola (Paddy-Field Warbler) · A. agricola brevipennis · A. agricola tangorum · A. arabicus · A. arundinaceus (Great Reed Warbler) · A. arundinaceus(L.) · A. arundinaceus arundinaceus (Great Reed Warbler) · A. arundinaceus griseldis · A. arundinaceus orientalis (Eastern Great Reed Warbler) · A. arundinaceus zarudnyi · A. atypha · A. atyphus (Tuamotu Reed-Warbler) · A. australis · A. australis australis · A. australis gouldi · A. babylonicus · A. baeticatus · A. baeticatus baeticatus · A. baeticatus cinnamomeus · A. baeticatus suahelicus · A. baetocatis · A. bistrigiceps (Black-Browed Reed-Warbler) · A. brevipennis (Cape Verde Island Cane Warbler) · A. caffer (Long-Billed Reed Warbler) · A. caffra · A. cinnamomeus · A. concinens (Blunt-Winged Paddyfield Warbler) · A. concinens concinens · A. dumetorum (Blyth's Reed Warbler) · A. familiaris (Nihoa Reed-Warbler) · A. familiaris familiaris (Nihoa Reed-Warbler) · A. familiaris kingi (Old World Warbler) · A. fasciolatus · A. fulvolateralis · A. gracilirostris (Lesser Swamp Reed-Warbler) · A. gracilirostris gracilirostris (Lesser Swamp Reed-Warbler) · A. gracilirostris parvus · A. griseldis (Basra Reed-Warbler) · A. insularis · A. kerearako (Cook Islands Reed-Warbler) · A. kingi · A. luscinia (Nightingale Reed-Warbler) · A. luscinia luscinia (Nightingale Reed-Warbler) · A. luscinia syrinx · A. luscinius (Nightingale Reed-Warbler) · A. macrorhynchus · A. melanopogon (Moustached Warbler) · A. melanopogon melanopogon (Moustached Warbler) · A. mendanae · A. mendanae percernis · A. newtoni (Madagascar Swamp-Warbler) · A. obscurus · A. obsoletus · A. orientalis · A. orinus (Hume's Reed Warbler;large-Billed Reed-Warbler) · A. pallidus · A. paludicola (Aquatic Warbler) · A. palustris (European Marsh Warbler) · A. phragmitis · A. rehsei (Finsch's Reed-Warbler) · A. rimatarae (Rimatara Reed-Warbler) · A. rimitarae · A. rodericanus (Rodrigues Warbler) · A. rufescens · A. rufescens ansorgei · A. rufescens senegalensis · A. schoenabaenus · A. schoenobaenus (European Sedge Warbler) · A. schoenoboenus · A. scirpaceus (Eurasian Reed Warbler) · A. scirpaceus baeticatus · A. scirpaceus crassirostris · A. scirpaceus fuscus · A. scirpaceus scirpaceus (Eurasian Reed Warbler) · A. sechellensis (Seychelles Warbler) · A. sorghophilus (Streaked Reed-Warbler) · A. sp · A. stentoreus · A. stentoreus amyae · A. stentoreus australis · A. stentoreus brunnescens · A. stentoreus celebensis · A. stentoreus harterti · A. stentoreus lentecaptus · A. stentoreus orinus · A. stentoreus stentoreus · A. stentoreus sumbae · A. syrinx · A. taiti (Henderson Reed-Warbler) · A. tangorum (Manchurian Reed-Warbler) · A. turdoides · A. vaughani (Pitcairn Reed-Warbler)
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International 2006. Threatened Birds of the World 2006. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2006.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 261, p. 397.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 7, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3848972
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558418
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558418
- IUCN ID: 301
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1379
Footnotes
- Mean = 583.900 meters (1,915.682 feet), Standard Deviation = 614.680 based on 72 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
