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Acrocephalus brevipennis (Cape Verde Warbler)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cape Verde Warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is also known as the Cape Verde Cane Warbler or Cape Verde Swamp Warbler. It breeds both on Santiago and on Fogo in the Cape Verde Islands. It previously bred on Brava and San Nicolau. This small passerine bird is found in well-vegetated valleys, avoiding drier areas. It nests in reedbeds, 2–3 eggs are laid in a suspended nest.
View Wikipedia Record: Acrocephalus brevipennis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Acrocephalus brevipennis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  17 grams
Clutch Size [1]  3

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Cape Verde Islands dry forests Cape Verde Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests    

Important Bird Areas

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Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Central mountain range of Ilha de São Nicolau Cape Verde A1, A2, A4ii  
Pedra Badejo lagoons Cape Verde A1, A2  
Serra do Pico da Antónia Cape Verde A1, A2  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey Yes

Distribution

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Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 17-Oct-2001, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access