Bradypterus

Bradypterus
	Little rush warbler (Bradypterus baboecala)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Locustellidae
Genus:	Bradypterus; Swainson, 1837
Type species
	Bradypterus platyurus; Swainson, 1837
Species
	12, but see text

Bradypterus is a

wastebin taxon for the warbler-like Sylvioidea. The range of this genus extends through the warm regions from Africa around the Indian Ocean and far into Asia

.

The locustellid bush warblers are related to the grass warblers of

apomorphies with bush warblers in the family Cettiidae. These belong to an older lineage of Sylvioidea. Both "bush warbler" genera are smallish birds well adapted to climbing among shrubbery. They are markedly long-tailed birds, at first glance somewhat reminiscent of wrens

.
These are quite terrestrial birds, which live in densely vegetated
habitats like thick forest and reedbeds. They will walk away from disturbance rather than flush. The plumage
similarities and skulking lifestyle make these birds hard to see and identify.
Locustellid bush warblers tend towards greyish browns above and buffish or light grey tones below. They have little patterning apart from the ubiquitous supercilium. Altogether, they appear much like the plainer species among Acrocephalus marsh-warblers in coloration. Cettiid bush warblers tend to be somewhat more compact, with less pointed tails, but are otherwise very similar.

Species

This genus has been recently revised. The

Locustella. Victorin's warbler is no longer a member of this genus or even the family Locustellidae, but is now placed in its own monotypic genus Cryptillas in the African warbler family Macrosphenidae

.

The genus contains 12 species:[2]

Knysna warbler, Bradypterus sylvaticus
Bangwa forest warbler, Bradypterus bangwaensis
Barratt's warbler, Bradypterus barratti
Evergreen forest warbler, Bradypterus lopezi
Cinnamon bracken warbler, Bradypterus cinnamomeus
Grey emutail, Bradypterus seebohmi
Brown emutail, Bradypterus brunneus
Dja River scrub warbler, Bradypterus grandis
Little rush warbler, Bradypterus baboecala
White-winged swamp warbler, Bradypterus carpalis
Grauer's swamp warbler, Bradypterus graueri
Highland rush warbler, Bradypterus centralis

Footnotes

^ "Locustellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies". IOC World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

References

Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G.; & Crowe, T.M. (2005): African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'. PMID 15888418 Supplemental material

del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Sargatal, Jordi (eds.) (2006): ISBN 84-96553-06-X

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[HM4-1] "Locustellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.

[ioc-2] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies". IOC World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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