Old World Warblers (Sylviidae) - HBW 11
Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
French: Rouserolle effarvatte
German: Teichrohrsänger
Spanish: Carricero Común
Other common names: Reed Warbler, Common/European Reed-warbler
Taxonomy: Turdus scirpaceus Hermann, 1804, Alsace, France.
Belongs to a probably monophyletic group of small plain-coloured species that also includes A. baeticatus, A. dumetorum and A. palustris, along with the closely related A. agricola superspecies (comprising also A. tangorum and A. concinens). Has been considered conspecific with A. baeticatus, but generally regarded as distinct because of different migratory behaviour and associated wing structure; DNA studies suggest that race avicenniae of A. baeticatus should perhaps be placed within present species. Race fuscus possibly .. View all taxonomy...
Belongs to a probably monophyletic group of small plain-coloured species that also includes A. baeticatus, A. dumetorum and A. palustris, along with the closely related A. agricola superspecies (comprising also A. tangorum and A. concinens). Has been considered conspecific with A. baeticatus, but generally regarded as distinct because of different migratory behaviour and associated wing structure; DNA studies suggest that race avicenniae of A. baeticatus should perhaps be placed within present species. Race fuscus possibly a separate species. Two cases of hybrids with A. arundinaceus recently reported from Germany and Belgium; has hybridized with A. palustris in England. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804) - breeds Europe E to W Russia, Ukraine, Crimea, lower R Kuban and W Asia Minor, also NW Africa; non-breeding sub-Saharan Africa.
- fuscus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - breeds E Asia Minor, Cyprus and Levant, and from N Caspian area E to SE Kazakhstan and extreme NW China (W Xinjiang), S to NW, C & E Iran and NW Afghanistan; non-breeding Africa.
- Least Concern
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A male singing from a reed stem Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK (ssp scirpaceus)
Dave Jackson 31 March 2003 2 years ago 36 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of a bird singing Arrocampo, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (ssp scirpaceus)
Javier Ortas 5 May 2008 1 year ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird on a branch and leaving it Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp scirpaceus)
Pere Sugranyes 30 November 1998 3 years ago 6 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a reedbed, foraging Awasa Lake, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 18 December 2005 3 years ago 31 sec 3.7 -
A bird singing and rubbing its bill on a stem Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp scirpaceus)
Juan Sanabria 30 April 2006 3 years ago 37 sec 3.6 -
A bird singing at the edge of reeds. Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Keith Blomerley 10 May 2008 38 weeks ago 29 sec 3.3
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first winter bird Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 28 September 2008 12 weeks ago 4 -
. Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 12 October 2002 1 year ago 3.3 -
Acrocephalus scirpaceus Charcones de las Moreras, Murcia, Spain
Conrado Requena Az... 19 June 2008 11 weeks ago 3 -
An adult in the hand. Tiana, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp scirpaceus)
Alberto Soria 30 September 1976 14 weeks ago 3 -
A male singing. Les Grangettes Nature Reserve, Noville, Vaud Canton, Switzerland (ssp scirpaceus)
Georges Olioso 12 June 2009 39 weeks ago 3
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Male song Surrey, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 29 June 2003 1 year ago 4 -
Calls of an inividual, possibly a juvenile Send, Surrey, England, UK
(ssp scirpaceus)
Stuart Fisher 2 June 2007 5 weeks ago 3 -
Calls of an individual Send, Surrey, England, UK
(ssp scirpaceus)
Stuart Fisher 14 weeks ago 3 -
Male singing Surrey, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 29 June 2003 1 year ago 3
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