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.
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A male singing in the presence of a Common Cuckoo Locality Burgenland State, Austria (Monotypic species)
Malcolm Mark Swan 24 May 2006 5 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A pair carrying material and building a nest in dense vegetation, very close to the ground level. Locality Izmailovsky Park, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 3 years ago 46 sec 4.3 -
A bird singing. Locality Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 17 May 2009 2 years ago 34 sec 4.1 -
An adult singing Locality Brussels, Belgium
Pascal Vagner 6 June 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 3.9 -
A male singing from deciduous shrubbery Locality Burgenland State, Austria (Monotypic species)
Malcolm Mark Swan 24 May 2006 5 years ago 25 sec 3.7 -
A bird flying away. Locality Dronten, Flevoland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 3 June 2011 1 year ago 7 sec 3.4
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at a sewege pond
Locality The Btecha (Jordan River Delta), Jordan Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 11 September 2007 1 year ago 4.5 -
A male singing.
Locality Greater Poland Province, Poland
Tadeusz Rosinski 28 May 2011 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
Juvenile (1cy) bird in the hand: dorsal view.
Locality Milicz Fish Ponds, Milicz, Lower Silesian Province, Poland (Monotypic species)
Hanna Sztwiertnia 20 July 2011 23 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird
Locality Molentargius Natural Park, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 1 September 2002 2 years ago 3.7 -
Marsh Warbler nest parasitized by the cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Locality Luzice, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
Tomas Grim 21 June 1998 1 year ago 3.3 -
A pair building the nest.
Locality Izmailovsky Park, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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A bird singing. Locality Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 17 May 2009 27 weeks ago 4 -
Marsh warbler singing in a bush Locality Lower Austria, Austria
Fabienne Muriset 23 May 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Song of a male. Locality Castricum, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 4 years ago 3
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