Old World Warblers (Sylviidae) - HBW 11
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
French: Phragmite des joncs
German: Schilfrohrsänger
Spanish: Carricerín Común
Other common names: European Sedge Warbler
Taxonomy: Motacilla Schoenobaenus Linnaeus, 1758, southern Sweden.
Recent study based on mitochondrial DNA sequences suggests that this species and A. melanopogon, A. paludicola and A. bistrigiceps form a monophyletic clade, the “striped reed-warbler group”, in which traditionally A. sorghophilus also included. Size increases clinally from SW to NE; in Norway, N populations ecologically distinct from S ones. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds Europe (except S & SW) E to W Siberia (E to R Yenisey), Turkey, Caucasus and N Kazakhstan; non-breeding sub-Saharan Africa.
- Least Concern
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A bird in a bush Taversham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (Monotypic species)
Richard Johnson 5 July 2003 3 years ago 35 sec 4.2 -
A male perched on a stem, singing Burgenland State, Austria (Monotypic species)
Malcolm Mark Swan 18 May 2006 2 years ago 39 sec 4 -
A bird jumping from branch to branch and feeding from the water surface. Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain (Monotypic species)
Javier Ortas 24 August 2006 2 years ago 30 sec 3.9 -
A male singing from a stem Burgenland State, Austria (Monotypic species)
Malcolm Mark Swan 20 May 2006 2 years ago 15 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched in reeds. Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Keith Blomerley 10 May 2009 38 weeks ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A bird foraging in dead vegetation. Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Keith Blomerley 10 May 2009 38 weeks ago 17 sec 3.7
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Digiscoping Poland
kblach 2 May 2009 45 weeks ago 4 -
A bird in the midst of singing. Snettisham RSPB Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK
Tony Hedges 13 May 2007 1 year ago 3.3 -
Who is watching who? Titchwell RSPB Reverve, Norfolk, England, UK
Tony Hedges 4 June 2006 1 year ago 3 -
A bird singing. Snettisham RSPB Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK
Tony Hedges 2 May 2005 1 year ago 3 -
A bird singing on a bush. Snettisham RSPB Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK
Tony Hedges 2 May 2005 1 year ago 2.7
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Calls of a juvenile Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 7 August 2006 13 weeks ago 4 -
Singing male Surrey, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 1 July 2003 1 year ago 4
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