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Great Reed Warbler
(Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
 German name(s): "Drosselrohrsänger"
Size: 16-21 cm;
wingspan: 25-30 cm
Weight: 22-38 g
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Similar species |
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Physical description |
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Great Reed Warblers are the largest European warblers.
They have an off-white throat and otherwise creamy front.
The cap, ear coverts and back are brown to greyish-brown,
with darker grey-brown flight feathers and tail than the
rest. Their most distinguishing feature is that they have
prominent creamy supercilia extending from the base of
the bill to well behind the eyes.
The eyes have brown irises.
The relatively long bill is visibly stronger than that of
other, similar species. It is almost straight, with a dark-grey
upper mandible, while the lower mandible is horn-coloured, with
a dark-grey tip. The legs and feet are dark-grey.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Great
Reed Warbler at Wikipedia  .
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
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and range
The overall distribution of this species can be assessed based
on sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to the
ebird.org
website.
The global distribution of the Great Reed Warbler is available
HERE
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Great Reed Warblers are a migratory Eurasian species.
They breed throughout most of temperate Europe, up to
about 55 degrees latitude, and eastward into western
and southern central Asia.
They winter in sub-Saharan Africa.
During their migration they can be found in the eastern
Mediterranean, Asia Minor, the Middle East and North Africa.
In Europe they are found only during their breeding season,
basically everywhere southward of the North Sea and southern
Scandinavia, except the major mountain ranges. In areas within
that range where they don't breed (mostly regions in western
Europe where no suitable wetland habitats are left) they can
be found during their migration.
Great Reed Warblers have a preference for wetlands with tall
reeds during their breeding season.
In their wintering grounds and during migration they are also
found in bush thickets and rice fields.
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Sightings |
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S. Cuturilov reports spotting a Great Reed Warbler
near Temerin, Serbia, in July 2017.
All sighting information presented on
this page has been kindly contributed by S. Cuturilov.
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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Frontal view of a Great Reed Warbler looking sideways
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[June 2018]
Near-lateral view of a singing Great Reed Warbler
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[June 2018]
Dorsal view of a Great Reed Warbler (photo courtesy of S. Cuturilov)
[Near Temerin, Serbia, July 2017]
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Breeding
Nest
Eggs
Behaviour
Food
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