African Bird Club

Eurasian Reed Warbler - Unspecified

Photographer

» Agnès Giannotti

Location

» Karimama, nord Bénin

Country image taken

» Benin

Date

» March, 2008

Equipment

» Sony alpha 700 obj AF 500

Bird Species

»Acrocephalus scirpaceus - Common Reed Warbler

Bird Species (French)

»Rousserolle effarvatte

Bird Family

»Acrocephalidae - Reed Warblers & Allies

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» I saw this small bird in the garden just near the river Niger. It's a European Reed Warbler - nominate ssp, and the primary projection rules out baeticatus as it's roughly the length of the tertials - would be half this on the African bird. Second pic confirms nicely by showing length of second primary - v long, equal in length to the 4th or 5th - baeticatus would be shorter, equal 8th or 9th.