Fauvette is a vernacular name given to different Passereau X from the family of the sylviidés .

Warblers

In a strict sense, the warblers are the 18 species of the kind Sylvia .

The Sylviidés are arranged in distinct groups. The Locustelle S (Locustella) have a song of insect and are difficult to locate. The Acrocephalus live the roselières like the Rousserolle S . The Hypolaïs are green or brown pale. The Fauvette S (Sylvia) are small active birds with short nozzle, often convex head and narrow tail, sometimes rectified. The Warbler with black head , the Fauvette mélanocéphale is present all the year in France. The Warbler of the gardens , the Fauvette grisette are present in summer. Lastly, the Pouillot S (Phylloscopus) are with dominant greenish. They are small and thread in the foliage.

Warblers of the reeds or the marshes or watery

The name sedge warbler or warbler of the reeds or watery warbler is the usual name given to several birds living in moist environments.

They resemble each other much, having jointly a brown back and a clearer lower part. The back can be plain or striped. The song is a good means to recognize them.

They live in Western Europe or the Mediterranean and attend the lakes and the marshes.

They all are insectivorous.

In France, one finds the species following:

• the Bouscarle de Cetti ( Cettia cetti ), very secret bird living undergrowth;
• the Cisticole of the snap rings ( Cisticola juncidis ) built a nest in the shape of bottle;
• the locustelles ones;
• the Locustelle luscinioïde ( Locustella luscinioides ) likes the very dense vegetation where it builds its conical nest
• the Locustelle mottled ( Locustella naevia ), terricole bird moving on the ground like a mouse, its song makes think of that of the large green grasshopper
• the rousserolles, luscinioles and reeds.
• the Rousserolle reed warbler ( Acrocephalus scirpaceus ), hunter of mosquitos whose nest is often built between two stems of reeds;
• the Rousserolle verderolle ( Acrocephalus palustris ), excel singer, suspends readily his nest with the aspect " négligé" characteristic between stems of nettles or queen-of-meadows
• the Rousserolle turdoïde ( Acrocephalus arundinaceus ), nourishes larvae of dragonflies, absorbent and dytic;
• the Lusciniole with moustache ( Acrocephalus melanopogon ),
• the watery Reed ( Acrocephalus paludicola ),
• the Reed of the snap rings ( Acrocephalus schoenobaenus );

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