Bangwa forest warbler

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Bangwa forest warbler
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Bradypterus
Species:
B. bangwaensis
Binomial name
Bradypterus bangwaensis
Delacour, 1943

The Bangwa forest warbler or Bangwa scrub warbler (Bradypterus bangwaensis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is native to the Cameroonian Highlands forests.

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It is threatened by habitat loss.

It does not migrate. [2] It is territorial. [2]

Description

It does not exhibit physical sexual dimorphism. [2]

Breeding

It breeds in October and November. [2]

Vocalization

The males' characteristic song consists of repeating the same pitch at increasing volume. [2] Females sometimes duet with them by singing at decreasing pitches. [2] Females are not known to sing solo. [2]

Bangwa forest warblers sing more frequently in wet than dry season; this difference is especially pronounced in males. [2] The actual amount of precipitation has no effect on amount of singing. [2]

Their peak of vocal activity is during the first hour after sunrise. [2] Males have a second peak of vocal activity 11 hours after sunrise, but females do not. [2]

The function of their vocalizations is unknown. [2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Bradypterus bangwaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T22724375A177361387. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22724375A177361387.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Budka, Michał; Uyeme, John Emenike; Osiejuk, Tomasz Stanisław (2023-07-14). "Females occasionally create duets with males but they never sing solo-year-round singing behaviour in an Afrotropical songbird". Scientific Reports. 13 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-023-38552-5. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   10349113 .