Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus Scientific name definitions
Text last updated January 23, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | matoller canyella |
Dutch | Kaneelstruikzanger |
English | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler |
English (Kenya) | Cinnamon Bracken Warbler |
English (United States) | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler |
French | Mégalure cannelle |
French (France) | Mégalure cannelle |
German | Zimtbuschsänger |
Japanese | ニッケイオウギセッカ |
Norwegian | kanelsanger |
Polish | krótkolotka cynamonowa |
Russian | Рыжеватая бурогрудка |
Serbian | Cimetasti afrički cvrčić |
Slovak | svrkavec škoricový |
Spanish | Zarzalero Canela |
Spanish (Spain) | Zarzalero canela |
Swedish | kanelsmygsångare |
Turkish | Tarçın Rengi Ötleğen |
Ukrainian | Куцокрил брунатний |
Bradypterus cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840
Definitions
- BRADYPTERUS
- cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
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Legend Overview
Field Identification
14–15 cm; 15–22 g. A richly coloured warbler with long pale supercilium, and longish well-graduated tail of ten or twelve rather broad feathers. Nominate race has top and side of head dark olive-brown, prominent buff supercilium ; upperparts and upperwing cinnamon-brown, more rufous on rump and tail; throat and belly whitish, contrasting cinnamon-brown breastband, flanks and undertail-coverts; iris hazel; bill dark brown; legs light brown. Sexes alike. Juvenile is browner above, tinged yellow below, with diffuse throat streaks, less distinct breastband. Race cavei is darker than nominate, more russet on rump, with broader breastband; mildbreadi is richer-coloured, more rufous-brown above; nyassae is duller, more tawny-brown, with paler, less distinct breastband.
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
See B. barratti. In past, race ufipae of B. lopezi sometimes placed in present species. Four subspecies recognized.Subspecies
Bradypterus cinnamomeus cinnamomeus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Bradypterus cinnamomeus cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840
Definitions
- BRADYPTERUS
- cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Bradypterus cinnamomeus cavei Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Bradypterus cinnamomeus cavei Macdonald, 1939
Definitions
- BRADYPTERUS
- cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
- cavei
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Bradypterus cinnamomeus mildbreadi Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Bradypterus cinnamomeus mildbreadi Reichenow, 1908
Definitions
- BRADYPTERUS
- cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
- mildbraedi / mildbreadi
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Bradypterus cinnamomeus nyassae Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Bradypterus cinnamomeus nyassae Shelley, 1893
Definitions
- BRADYPTERUS
- cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
- nyassae
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.
Habitat
Dense undergrowth of forest edges and clearings, brushy bamboo, montane forest with broken canopy, bushy roadsides , tall thick grass, marsh edges, montane scrub and bracken-briar. Mainly above 1800 m, and to over 3300 m in Kenya; as low as 1300 m in Malawi.
Movement
Sedentary.
Diet and Foraging
Small insects; beetles (Coleoptera), ants (Hymennoptetra) and caterpillars recorded. Forages with mouse-like movements among ground cover, usually singly or in pairs.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Song a short phrase (c. 2–5 seconds) with several introductory notes leading into a ringing trill, “chew chee chiriririririri” or “cheew chewichewichewichewi”, repeated after short intervals. A second bird often answers with high-pitched notes in asynchronous duet. Calls low scolding “trrr” and high “schreep”.
Breeding
Laying in May and Oct in Ethiopia , May in Sudan, Aug–Feb in C Kenya and N Tanzania, Feb–Jun in E DRCongo and Nov–Feb in Malawi; apparently a dry-weather breeder in E Africa. Monogamous; solitary, territorial. Nest a deep, bulky cup of dry grasses and leaves, covered with plant down and feathers, lined with fine grasses and down, built close to ground in grass tuft or tangled vegetation. Clutch 2–3 eggs; no information on incubation and nestling periods.
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened. Common in most highland areas within its range. No imminent threats, as not dependent on pristine forest; frequents edge habitats, secondary growth and semi-open areas, rather than undisturbed forest.