Caspian Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus fuscus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) (0, 2)
Photo © Mike Barth
Sub-species
STATUS
Northern Egypt and central Turkey through the Middle East to south-eastern European Russia, northern Iran, Kazakhstan and north-west China.
OVERVIEW
Both records identified to subspecific level by DNA analysis, as separation from Reed Warbler A. scirpaceus and Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida is difficult.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2011 Lancashire & North Merseyside Jenny Brown's Point, Silverdale, 1CY, found freshly dead, 11th December, photo, DNA analysis, now at National Museums Liverpool (Acc. No. LIV.2014.50).
(S. J. White, Lancashire Bird Report 2011: 101; S. J. White, Lancashire Bird Report 2013: 107; J. M. Collinson, British Birds 110: 16-18, plate 6; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 605; S. J. White, P. V. Harvey, R. Riddington, R. M. Tallack & J. M. Collinson, British Birds 111: 334-339, plate 239; BOURC (2017), Ibis 159: 925).
2). 2012 Shetland Kergord, Mainland, 1CY, trapped, 4th to 5th November, photo, DNA analysis.
(J. M. Collinson, British Birds 110: 16-18, plates 4 & 5; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 605; S. J. White, P. V. Harvey, R. Riddington, R. M. Tallack & J. M. Collinson, British Birds 111: 334-339, plates 240-244).
