Knysna Warbler Bradypterus sylvaticus Scientific name definitions

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VULNERABLE. Restricted-range species: present in South African Forests EBA. Rare and local; total population in thousands only. Has small, fragmented and declining range. Restricted to remnant forest patches in coastal E & SW Cape, with four main subpopulations: E slopes of Table Mt, S slopes of Langeberg Mts near Swellendam, S Cape between Tsitsikamma and Sedgefield, and E Cape from Dwesa Nature Reserve E to Port St Johns. Formerly occurred also in S KwaZulu-Natal (between Wentworth and Umhlanga Rocks). Threatened by destruction of coastal forests and riparian undergrowth, and by clearance of non-native brambles; also by management practices that impact on the predators of rodents. Low productivity on Cape Peninsula was due to high rates of nest predation.