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223. Cetti´s Warbler Cettia cetti Cettisanger
2005: 13.5 1 Cucurbak - 16.5 7 Gelinkaya - 21.5 3 marshes along Euphrates south of Birezik - 23.5
2 Göksu Delta.
2006: 18.5 1 Gödker – 18.5 6 Gelinkaya – 18.5 1 Maden Köprubasi – 23.5 1 Van-Tatvan – 24.5 2
Birezik.
2007: 15.51 Camardi – 17.5 4 Sarkisla-Sivas – 17.5 1 Sivas-Kizilham Gecedi – 17.5 2 Kizilham
Gecedi-Erzinzan – 18.5 2 Altunkent-Askale- 18.5 4 Gelinkaya – 18.5 2 Yoncalic-Maden Köprubasi
– 18.5 3 Maden Köprubasi – 21.5 2 Bendimahi, Van Gölü – 22.5 1 Tatvan-Baykan – 23.5 1 Karadut
– 24.5 2 Hotel Euphrates, Karadut – 24.5 1 Karadut – 25.5 1 Birezik – 25.5 1 Birezik-Halfeti.
224. Sedge Warbler Achrcephalus schoenebaenus Sivsanger
2005: 19.5 3 Erzek Gölü - 20.5 1 South van Marshes.
2006: 21.5 1 Kars – 22-23.5 daily max. 10 South Van Marshes, Van.
2007: 18.5 1 Rize (migrating bird, hitting a window at the hotel restaurantbefore settling off after
recovering!) – 20.5 2 Ardahan – 24.5 4 Grael Pits, Birezik.
225. Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon Tamarisksanger
2007: 14.5 1 Akgöl, Göksu Delta – 16.5 3 Seniköy, Sultan Sazligi – 25.5 1 River Euphrates S of
Birezik.
Scarce breeder, found in reed-beeds and lake-shores, canals etc, where open water intermix with
extensive vegetation. Traditional sites areGöksu Delta, Sultan Sazligi (especially the canal along the
road east of Ovaciftlik, at Seniköy (site 6 in Gosney 1991), Erzek Gölü (incl. small marsh south of
the main road) and reed beeds along the shores of Van Gölu, especially in the south.
226. Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus fuscus Rørsanger
Common in reed beeds and well vegetated lake-sides throughout.
2005: Most noted 13.5 15 Göksu Delta - 15.5 7 Sultan Marshes - 19.5 5 Erzek Gölü - 20.5 6 South
Van Marshes - 21.5 9 Eufrat south of Birezik - 24,5 10 Tarsus West Delta.
2006: 14.5 3 Göksu Delta – 22-23.5 daily max. 3 South Van Marshes – 24.5 1 Birezik – 25.5 14
Birezik.
2007: 14.5 25 Akgöl, Göksu Delta – 15.5 10 Göksu Delta – 16.5 20 Sultan Sazligi – 21.5 20 Sim Er
Hotel, Dogubayazit – 21.5 10 Bendimahi - 24.5 10 gravel pits, Birezik – 25.5 50 River Euphrates S
of Birezik – 26.5 20 gravel pits, Birezik – 26.5 8 Havutlu – 26.5 2 Tuzla Gölü-Adana.
The ssp. fuscus is averagely less warm tinged in upperparts than scirpaceus with sandy rump,
sometimes hardly differing from greyish-brown upperparts. The underside is averagely paler with at
most slightly yellowish-buff suffusion to underparts (warmer buffish in scirpaceus), and the
primaries generally more contrasting pale edges than scirpaceus (the latter maybe caused by
generally later primary moult in winter (Dunn 2001), and thus looks intermediate between Reed and
March Warbler. Many birds showed a contrasting greyer hindneck, at most rare in scirpaceus and
Marsh Warbler There is a good deal of individual variation, with fuscus-looking birds frequently
observed in Northern Europe, but we did not observe any as warm-looking in Turkey than the
majority of scirpaceus from Northern Europe. Scirpaceus breeds in western part of Turkey, but
wihin the range visited on out trip, the majority will show characters of fuscus. Certain birds from
western part of the range (Göksu, Sultan Sazligi) has slightly warmer tinge to upperparts and flanks,
matching scirpaceus (Roselaar 1995, Pearson et al. 2002, own obs.).
Establishing this taxon to a species of its own, as proposed by the Dutch CSNA is a very optimistic
treatmens of a taxon, which even DNA-wise does not differ that much from its look-alike!