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Sedge Warbler

(Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
German name(s): "Schilfrohrsänger"
Size: 11.5-13 cm; wing span: 17-21 cm
Weight: 8-19 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Sedge Warbler at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Full-frontal view of a Sedge Warbler (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, June 2016]

Close-up near-frontal view of a male Sedge Warbler marking its territory (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Tromso airport, Tromso, Norway, in June 2018]

Near-frontal view of a Sedge Warbler (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, June 2016]

Near-lateral view of a Sedge Warbler on its vantage point (photo courtesy of Beata from Warsaw)
[Biebrza NP, Poland, May 2016]

Near-lateral view of a Sedge Warbler (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Biebrza NP, Poland, May 2016]

Lateral view of a Sedge Warbler; this is the bird whose calls were recorded on 24 June 2019
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Malkinia, Masovia, Poland, June 2019]

Lateral view of a Sedge Warbler issuing its call (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Near Saint Omer, between Lille and Boulogne-sur-Mer, Hauts-de-France, France, June 2020]

Lateral view of a Sedge Warbler (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Tromso airport, Tromso, Norway, in June 2018]

Lateral view of a Sedge Warbler (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Biebrza NP, Poland, May 2016]

Lateral view of a Sedge Warbler (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, August 2019]

Close-up lateral view of a Sedge Warbler (photo courtesy of S. Cuturilov)
[Vlasina Lake, Serbia, October 2019]

Lateral view of a Sedge Warbler calling from the top of a shrub; this is the bird whose calls were recorded on 9 May 2016 (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Biebrza NP, Poland, May 2016]

Lateral view of a Sedge Warbler issuing its call (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Biebrza NP, Poland, May 2017]

Dorsal view of a Sedge Warbler; note the characteristic light edges around the tail (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, June 2016]

Dorsal view of a Sedge Warbler (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, August 2019]

PAIR

Pair of Sedge Warblers (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, June 2016]

Behaviour

Sedge Warbler in its favourite habitat (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Near Nieppe, Hauts-de-France, France, June 2020]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

sedgwrb_dw_20180609.m4a (Poland) Various © DW
sedgwrb_dw_20160509.m4a (Poland) Various © DW
sedgwrb_dw_20190519.m4a (Poland) Various © DW
sedgwrb_dw_20190519_2.m4a (Poland) Various © DW
sedgwrb_dw_20190624.m4a (Poland) Various © DW
sedgwrb_jp_20200625.m4a (Portugal) ? © JP

More Sedge Warbler sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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