Reed Bush Warblers

Taxonomy of Reed and Bush Warblers in Thailand

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taxonomic characters

1. (morphological characters) 2. (physiological characters) 3. (ecological characters) 4. (ethological characters) 5. (geographical characters)

(biochemical classification)


Sibley & Monroe (1990) and Inskipp et al. (1996)

(Passeriformes) (Sylviidae)

(Acrocephalinae)
1. Tesia 2. Urosphena 3. Cettia 4. Bradypterus 5. Locustella 10

6. Acrocephalus 7. Orthotomus 8. Phylloscopus 9. Seicercus 10. Abroscopus

the phylogenetic relationships between the families and genera

Locustellidae

LBJs

Acrocephalidae

Jonsson & Fjeldsa (2006), Johansson et al. (2008), Fregin et al. (2009), Gelang et al. (2009), Kennerley & Pearson (2010) Alstrm et al. (2011a)

Cettiidae

 (Locustellidae)

Locustella (4/6) / () Megalusus (1) Bradypterus (?)

(Acrocephalidae)

Acrocephalus (8) Phragamaticola (1)

Little Brown Jobs (LBJs) 5 G., 18 sp.

Cettia (4) Urosphena (1) Tesia (3) Oligura (?) Abroscopus (2) Phyllergates (1)

(Cettiidae)

Gill & Donsker (2012) IOC V. 3.10, Round (2012) Checklist of Thai Birds (Revised IOC V. 2.10)

 (Locustellidae)

Locustella (Bradypterus?)

- 12 (10) tails - graduated/rounded tail - long u-c cover the outermost tail feathers. - marked u-c (Brown BW. - plain u-c) - running along the ground

 (Locustellidae)
Locustella Bradypterus (?)
3.Baikal BW. 1.Lanceolate W. 2.Pallass GW.

4.Chinese BW. 5.Brown BW. 6.Russet BW.

Baikal BW.

Spotted BW.

West Himalayan BW.

Kennerley & Pearson (2010) Reed and Bush Warblers

Baikal BW.

Spotted BW.

Alstrm et al. (2008)


Chinese BW.

Brown BW.

Russet BW.

Plains-hills

> 800 m.

> 1,200 m.

TLm: 55.1 (n=11) TG: 22.1 (n=15)

TL: 56.9 (n=52) TG: 26.6 (n=16)

TL: 59.7 (n=17) TG: 29.9 (n=9)


Chinese BW.


Brown BW.


Russet BW.

 (Acrocephalidae)

Locustella

Acrocephalus

-strong & broad-based bill -dark lores & well-marked superciliam -12 tails, rounded to moderately graduated tail -long outer toe, shorter inner toe and large hide toe pad -usually unmarked underparts

soft part coloration as a means to aging of Reed W. (A. scirpaceus)

 (Acrocephalidae)
Acrocephus

1.Oriental RW. 2.Clamorous RW. 3.Black-browed RW. 4.Blunt-winged W. 5.Manchurian RW. 6.Paddyfield W. 7.Blyth's RW. 8.Large-billed RW. 9.Thick-billed W.
Phragamaticola

Group 1: LSB

Group 2: SS

Group 3: SST

Black-browed RW.

Manchurian RW.

Paddyfield W.

long supercilium

bulge

entirely pale long bill

reddish brown dull grey pinkish (not greyish)

T/W r: 84% (n=26)

T/W r: 94% (n=12)

T/W r: 91% (n=73)

Manchurian RW.

Paddyfield W.

Round & Rumsey (2003) Habitat use, moult and biometrics in the Manchurian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus tangorum wintering in Thailand

-p2 notch: about middle of SS -narrower central tail feathers (<7 mm wide)

-p2 notch: below SS tips

Blunt-winged W.

Large-billed RW.

Blyths RW.

long bill

bill 14.5-15.5

bill >18

bill 15.5-18

p1>PC

p1 near PC tips

tert. PPjt

PPjt 35-45% of tert. length

PPjt 40% of tert. length

PPjt 50-60% of tert. length

Round et al. (2007) Lost and found: the enigmatic large-billed reed warbler Acrocephalus orinus rediscovered after 139 years Pearson et al. (2008) A second museum specimen of Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus Svensson et al. (2008) Discovery of ten new specimens of large-billed reed warbler Acrocephalus orinus, and new insights into its distributional range

Timmins et al. (2009) The discovery of Large-billed Reed Warblers Acrocephalus orinus in north-eastern Afghanistan

Svensson et al. (2010) The identification and distribution of the enigmatic Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus

Clamorous RW.

Oriental RW.

Thick-billed RW.

long narrow

culmen well curved

supercilium beyond eye?

Clamorous Thick-billed

short PPjt

long PPjt
p1

long tail
short tail whitish tips

Phragamaticola

 (Cettiidae)
-black eye-line & supercilium -10 tails broad & rounded tips, short u-c -short rounded wings with a well-developed p1
shortest tail silky white plain brown pale pinkish

long rounded tail

chestnut brown (bill base to lower nape)

Pale-footed BW.

Sunda BW.

brown crown

short stout

short tail

long rounded tail

p1

Chestnut-crowned BW.

Manchurian BW.

Asian Stubtail

Pale-footed BW.

Aberrant BW.

Sunda BW.

Alstrm et al. (2006) Phylogeography of Indonesian and Sino-Himalayan region bush warblers (Cettia, Aves)

Chestnut-crowned BW.

Manchurian BW.

 (Cettiidae)
Phyllergates cuculatus

Cettia castaneocoronata

Alstrm et al. (2011) Non-monophyly and intricate morphological evolution within the avian family Cettiidae (revealed by multilocus analysis of a taxonomically densely sampled dataset)