Reed Warblers & Allies

Common Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

The Common Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) is a 12 g wetland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Reed Warblers & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

12 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

74

Recorded in Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Denmark, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Portugal, Germany, Norway, Israel, Czechia, Turkey, Switzerland, South Africa, Austria, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Åland, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Egypt, Ireland, Kuwait, Croatia, Namibia, Slovakia, Iran, Serbia, Palestine, Slovenia, Lithuania, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, Georgia, Latvia, Gambia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Zambia, Botswana, Jordan, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Armenia, Mozambique, Lebanon, Rwanda, JE, Algeria, Tunisia, Oman, Benin, Albania, XK, Qatar, Isle of Man, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq.

Where to see it: Ras Ghareb sewage ditch (Egypt); Les Mielles NR · The Scrape (Jersey); Wadi Sassou (Libya); Ammiq Wetland (restricted access · contact Skaff Estate) (Lebanon); Papes Ornitologiska stacija (Latvia).

Photo: (c) Jonathan Tollin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist