Avibase: Bradypterus baboecala [incl. chadensis] (Little Rush-Warbler [incl. chadensis])

Little Rush-Warbler [incl. chadensis]

Bradypterus baboecala [incl. chadensis] (= Bradypterus baboecala) (Vieillot, LJP 1817)

The little rush warbler or African bush warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Locustellidae
Genus:
   Bradypterus
Scientific:
  Bradypterus baboecala

Original description

Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1817)

Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 11 p.172

Protonym:
Sylvia baboecala

Type locality:
Auteniquoi ex Levaillant = Knysna district, Cape Province.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63932#page/186/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
ED9EE88001763FE1

Avibase ID:
avibase-ED9EE880

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/ED9EE880

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558922

Geographic range:

Bradypterus baboecala: patchy in lowland to montane reedy marsh and papyrus swamp of western Chad (Lake Chad), Ethiopian highlands, western Angola, southeastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania, and from southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo southward to southern South Africa
Bradypterus baboecala baboecala: southern South Africa (Western Cape and Eastern Cape, eastward to Great Kei River)
Bradypterus baboecala abyssinicus: Ethiopia
Bradypterus baboecala tongensis: southeastern Kenya to Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and KwaZulu-Natal
Bradypterus baboecala benguellensis: western Angola
Bradypterus baboecala msiri: eastern Angola to Zambia, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), and northeastern Botswana
Bradypterus baboecala transvaalensis: central Zimbabwe, northern and eastern South Africa, western Eswatini, and Lesotho
Bradypterus baboecala chadensis: western Chad
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Little Rush-Warbler [incl. chadensis]
French:
Mégalure caqueteuse [incl. chadensis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Little Rush-Warbler [incl. chadensis] ( Bradypterus baboecala [incl. chadensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Little Rush-Warbler [incl. chadensis] ( Bradypterus baboecala [incl. chadensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Little Rush-Warbler [incl. chadensis] ( Bradypterus baboecala [incl. chadensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Little Rush-Warbler [incl. chadensis] ( Bradypterus baboecala [incl. chadensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Little Rush-Warbler [incl. chadensis] ( Bradypterus baboecala [incl. chadensis])
Avilist 2025: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Little Rush-warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Little Rush-warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Little Rush-warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Little Rush-warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
Clements, version 2021: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
Clements, version 2022: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
Clements, version 2023: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
Clements, version 2024: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
Clements, version 2025: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
eBird version 2021: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
eBird version 2022: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
eBird version 2023: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
eBird version 2024: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
eBird version 2025: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Little Rush Warbler ( Bradypterus baboecala) [version 4]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Bradypterus [baboecala or centralis]

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Afrikaans: Kaapse Vleisanger
Bulgarian: Малко шаварче
Catalan: matoller xerraire
Czech: cetie rákosní
Danish: Rørsmutte
German: Sumpfbuschsänger
English: Little Rush Warbler, Little Rush-warbler, Little Rush-Warbler [incl. chadensis]
English (Avilist): Little Rush Warbler
English, HBW: Little/Highland Rush-warbler
English (IOC): Little Rush Warbler
English (Kenya): Little Rush Warbler
English (United States): Little Rush Warbler
Esperanto: Afrika arbustosilvio, marĉa megaluro
Spanish: Zarzalero charlatán
Spanish (Spain): Zarzalero charlatán
Estonian: lõikheina-padulind
Finnish: ruokometsäkerttunen
French: Mégalure caqueteuse, Mégalure caqueteuse [incl. chadensis]
French (Guyane): Mégalure caqueteuse
Croatian: smeđoboki cvrčić
Hungarian: mocsári bozótposzáta
Icelandic: Skvaldursöngvari
Italian: Macchiarolo africano
Japanese: アフリカオウギセッカ
Scientific: Bradypterus baboecala, Bradypterus baboecala [incl. chadensis]
Lithuanian: pelkinė raibakrūtė devynbalsė
Dutch: Moerasstruikzanger
Norwegian: Bantusanger
Polish: krótkolotka bagienna
Portuguese: felosa-dos-juncos-africana
Portuguese (Angola): Felosa-dos-juncos-africana
Portuguese (Portugal): felosa-dos-juncos-africana
Russian: Болотная бурогрудка, Болотная пестрогрудка
Slovak: svrkavec bahenný
Serbian: Mali afrički cvrčić
Swedish: sumpgräsfågel, sumpsmygsångare
Turkish: Afrika Bataklık Ötleğeni
Ukrainian: куцокрил болотяний
Chinese: 蒲草短翅莺
Chinese (Traditional): 蒲短翅鶯
Zulu: umavelashone