Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) - HBW 11, p. 620
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 Enlarge map
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A male singing from a reed stem Locality Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, Great Britain (ssp scirpaceus)
Dave Jackson 31 May 2007 4 years ago 36 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a bird singing Locality Arrocampo, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (ssp scirpaceus)
Javier Ortas 5 May 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A male singing Locality Essonne, Île-de-France, France (ssp scirpaceus)
Julien Rochefort 25 May 2009 1 year ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A view of a male singing. Locality Essonne, Île-de-France, France (ssp scirpaceus)
Julien Rochefort 25 May 2009 1 year ago 26 sec 4.1 -
Chick in action Locality Icklesham, East Sussex, England, Great Britain
David Caro 2 August 2009 37 weeks ago 15 sec 4 -
A bird in a reedbed, foraging Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 18 December 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 3.9
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first winter bird
Locality Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 28 September 2008 2 years ago 4.7 -
standing on reeds
Locality The Btecha (Jordan River Delta), Jordan Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 13 September 2007 1 year ago 4.5 -
Adult
Locality Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain
Martin Hale 6 August 2009 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.3 -
Catching insects in the reeds in the late afternoon.
Locality Göksü Delta, Mersin Province, Turkey (ssp scirpaceus)
Henrik Bringsøe 22 May 2011 35 weeks ago 4.2 -
In the reeds
Locality Lac du Der-Chantecoq, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Rémi Bigonneau 2 May 2011 12 weeks ago 4 -
A bird
Locality Abruzzo Region, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 1 October 2006 1 year ago 3.9
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Male song Locality Surrey, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 29 June 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Calls of an inividual, possibly a juvenile Locality Send, Surrey, England, Great Britain
(ssp scirpaceus)
Stuart Fisher 2 June 2007 2 years ago 3 -
Calls of an individual Locality Send, Surrey, England, Great Britain
(ssp scirpaceus)
Stuart Fisher 2 years ago 3 -
Male singing Locality Surrey, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 29 June 2003 2 years ago 3
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