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Barratt's Warbler

Bradypterus barratti Sharpe, 1876

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Barratt's Warbler (Bradypterus barratti); Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal

Barratt's Warbler (Bradypterus barratti); Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal

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Open encyclopedia reference

Barratt's warbler (Bradypterus barratti), or the African scrub warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is found in eastern South Africa, Lesotho, eastern Zimbabwe, and adjacent western Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Wikipedia contributors, Barratt's warbler; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:12:17.494681+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Bradypterus barratti Sharpe, 1876
Name authority
Sharpe, 1876
Common name
Barratt's Warbler
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Locustellidae
Genus
Bradypterus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyLocustellidae Bonaparte, 1875
  11. genusBradypterus Swainson, 1837
  12. speciesBradypterus barratti Sharpe, 1876

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Bradypterus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Knysna WarblerBradypterus sylvaticus Sundevall, 1860LocustellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 36 records assigned to Locustellidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558923 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:N5DJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.