Moustached Warbler
Moustached (Acrocephalus melanopogon )
The Moustached (Acrocephalus melanopogon ), also moustached warbler or Tamariskensänger called, is a passerine bird in the genus of warblers (Acrocephalus ) and the family of reed warbler -like ( Acrocephalidae ). There are three subspecies.
Description
The nearly 13 centimeters long, fairly secret bird resembles the Sedge Warbler. An important distinguishing feature is the almost black headstock, which contrasts with the very bright black eye stripe. The cheeks are more dark brown and the throat lighter. At the neck and back of the Moustached is rust-colored than the sedge warbler. Compared with this, and also similar to the Aquatic Warbler distinguishes him from the habit, erect the relatively short tail.
Voice
He calls soft but penetrating " t- TRRT " and rough " tschack ", followed by a zeterndes alarm rattles follows. The singing is reed singer similar, but more melodious. Characteristic is a like " lu -lu- lu" sounding motif that is reminiscent of the song of the wood lark or the nightingale.
Occurrence
The Moustached is a nesting bird with numerous island-like deposits in the turkestanisch - Mediterranean area. Its breeding range extends from north-western Africa on the southern and eastern Spain, the southern France and Corsica, further including Sicily Italy to Croatia and northern South Eastern Europe. In Central Europe, the Moustached breeds primarily in Austria. The brooding specimens there spend the winter in Greece. Further east, the Moustached happens to middle Asia. Vagrants may be encountered in the rest of Europe.
The Moustached inhabited reed beds and marshes. It nests in the pipe or in low shrubs over shallow water.
Subspecies
- A. m. albiventris ( Kazakov, 1974) - Southern Russia to the Don
- A. m. melanopogon ( Temminck, 1823) - Europe and North West Africa
- A. m. mimica ( Madarasz, 1903) - Southern Russia from the Don to the Caucasus and Asia