Cape Verde warbler
| Cape Verde warbler | |
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| A. brevipennis at Ribeira Seca, Santiago | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Acrocephalus |
| Species: | A. brevipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrocephalus brevipennis (Keulemans, 1866)
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| Geographic range of the Cape Verde(an) warbler (A. brevipennis) – the very limited area indicated by arrows to the far west | |
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, and in Creole as tchota-de-cana or chincherote (also tchintchirote). It breeds on Santiago, Fogo, and São Nicolau in the Cape Verde Islands. It previously bred on Brava. This species is found in well-vegetated valleys, avoiding drier areas. It nests in reedbeds, two to three eggs being laid in a suspended nest.