Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) - HBW 11, p. 622
French: Rousserolle verderolle
German: Sumpfrohrsänger
Spanish: Carricero Políglota
Other common names: European Marsh Warbler, Marsh Reed-warbler
Taxonomy: Motacilla s. Sylvia palustris Bechstein, 1798, Thuringia, Germany.
Belongs to a probably monophyletic group of small plain-coloured species that also includes A. scirpaceus, A. baeticatus and A. dumetorum, along with the closely related A. agricola superspecies (comprising also A. tangorum and A. concinens). Probably closer to A. dumetorum than to A. scirpaceus; has hybridized with former in Finland and with latter in England. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds from England (local), S Scandinavia, Belgium, E France and N Italy E to N Kazakhstan, S to N Balkans, E Turkey and NW Iran; non-breeding SE Africa.
- Least Concern
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A male singing in the presence of a Common Cuckoo Burgenland State, Austria (Monotypic species)
Malcolm Mark Swan 24 May 2006 3 years ago 21 sec 4.2 -
A male singing from deciduous shrubbery Burgenland State, Austria (Monotypic species)
Malcolm Mark Swan 24 May 2006 3 years ago 25 sec 4.1 -
A pair carrying material and building a nest in dense vegetation, very close to the ground level. Izmailovsky Park, Moscow, Russia (Western) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 43 weeks ago 46 sec 4 -
Marsh Warbler singing Burgenland State, Austria
Andreas Gruber 24 May 2010 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 18 sec 3.3 -
A bird singing on a branch. Borsbeek, Antwerp Province, Belgium
Jeremiusz Trzaska 23 June 2009 19 weeks ago 37 sec 3 -
An adult flying from its perch Burgenland State, Austria (Monotypic species)
Malcolm Mark Swan 25 May 2006 3 years ago 7 sec 3
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adult male singing Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
Hervé MICHEL 1 May 2008 34 weeks ago 3.3 -
Marsh warbler singing Hungary
Zotyesz 5 June 2010 6 weeks ago 3
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Marsh warbler singing in a bush Lower Austria, Austria
Fabienne Muriset 23 May 2010 8 weeks ago 4 -
Song of a male. Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 1 year ago 3
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