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[[Image:Large-billed Reed Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Sumit|Sumit}}<br />Kolkata outskirts, [[India]], April 2007]] | [[Image:Large-billed Reed Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Sumit|Sumit}}<br />Kolkata outskirts, [[India]], April 2007]] | ||
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13 cms. Unstreaked rich olive-brown upperparts, long large bill with entirely pale lower mandible and blackish upper mandible. Short whitish supercilium ending at the back of the eye, whitish crescent below the eye, short blackish line behind and before the eye. Creamy underparts tinged with buff/brown on breast, flanks and undertail coverts. Exterior tail feathers shorter than central ones. All tail feathers pointed. Short wings making the tail appear relatively long. Olive brown legs. | 13 cms. Unstreaked rich olive-brown upperparts, long large bill with entirely pale lower mandible and blackish upper mandible. Short whitish supercilium ending at the back of the eye, whitish crescent below the eye, short blackish line behind and before the eye. Creamy underparts tinged with buff/brown on breast, flanks and undertail coverts. Exterior tail feathers shorter than central ones. All tail feathers pointed. Short wings making the tail appear relatively long. Olive brown legs. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[India]] and [[Thailand]]. | + | Poorly known. Likely breeding period records and specimen are from [[Afghanistan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], and [[Kazakhstan]] in Central [[Asia]]. Non-breeding period records are from [[India]] and [[Thailand]], but the main wintering area is probably still unknown. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Monotypic<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | Monotypic<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ||
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This taxon is considered a subspecies of [[Clamorous Reed-Warbler]] (sensu lato) by some authors<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> | This taxon is considered a subspecies of [[Clamorous Reed-Warbler]] (sensu lato) by some authors<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Mountainous area between 900 and 3000 m asl, down to about 450 m at the northernmost point of collection. | ||
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
The Large-billed Reed Warbler is an enigmatic species and was only known to the world from one specimen collected in Himachal Pradesh in North-western [[India]], until Philip D. Round mist-netted one in [[Thailand]] in March 2006. | The Large-billed Reed Warbler is an enigmatic species and was only known to the world from one specimen collected in Himachal Pradesh in North-western [[India]], until Philip D. Round mist-netted one in [[Thailand]] in March 2006. | ||
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This image represents the 4th ever recorded bird of this species (one skin of what was thought to be a Blyth's Reed Warbler has since been identified as Large-billed - this was from India in the 19th century). | This image represents the 4th ever recorded bird of this species (one skin of what was thought to be a Blyth's Reed Warbler has since been identified as Large-billed - this was from India in the 19th century). | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Mainly unknown except for it being migratory | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=161099 Birdforum thread] discussing this species |
| + | #Avibase | ||
#BF Member observations | #BF Member observations | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
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{{GSearch|Acrocephalus+orinus}} | {{GSearch|Acrocephalus+orinus}} | ||
More information at [http://www.kolkatabirds.com/orinus.htm www.kolkatabirds.com] | More information at [http://www.kolkatabirds.com/orinus.htm www.kolkatabirds.com] | ||
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Revision as of 20:33, 26 April 2011
- Acrocephalus orinus
Identification
13 cms. Unstreaked rich olive-brown upperparts, long large bill with entirely pale lower mandible and blackish upper mandible. Short whitish supercilium ending at the back of the eye, whitish crescent below the eye, short blackish line behind and before the eye. Creamy underparts tinged with buff/brown on breast, flanks and undertail coverts. Exterior tail feathers shorter than central ones. All tail feathers pointed. Short wings making the tail appear relatively long. Olive brown legs.
Distribution
Poorly known. Likely breeding period records and specimen are from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan in Central Asia. Non-breeding period records are from India and Thailand, but the main wintering area is probably still unknown.
Taxonomy
Monotypic[1]
Subspecies macrorhynchus is usually considered invalid[2]
This taxon is considered a subspecies of Clamorous Reed-Warbler (sensu lato) by some authors[2]
Habitat
Mountainous area between 900 and 3000 m asl, down to about 450 m at the northernmost point of collection.
Status
The Large-billed Reed Warbler is an enigmatic species and was only known to the world from one specimen collected in Himachal Pradesh in North-western India, until Philip D. Round mist-netted one in Thailand in March 2006.
This image represents the 4th ever recorded bird of this species (one skin of what was thought to be a Blyth's Reed Warbler has since been identified as Large-billed - this was from India in the 19th century).
Behaviour
Mainly unknown except for it being migratory
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Birdforum thread discussing this species
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Large-billed Reed Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Large-billed_Reed_Warbler
External Links
More information at www.kolkatabirds.com
