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Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) Size: 11.5-13 cm; wingspan: 18-21 cm Weight: 8-20 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Marsh Warblers are very small warblers. Their front is creamy (eyebrows, throat) to buff-cream (face, chest, belly, vent), while the entire back is olive-grey, with darker grey flight feathers with olive-grey edge lining and tail. The eyes have dark-brown irises. The relatively long, almost straight bill has a grey upper mandible, the lower mandible is horn-coloured. The legs and feet are grey-yellow-pinkish. Twitcher's tip Compared to Clamorous Reed Warblers, Marsh Warblers have a rump that is the same colour as the rest of the body plumage (whereas that of the Clamorous Reed Warbler is red-brown).

Taxonomy, classification See Marsh Warbler at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Marsh Warbler is available HERE . Marsh Warblers are a migratory Eurasian species. Their breeding grounds reach from the Benelux countries and southern England in the West, the southern coastal fringe of Scandinavia in the North and the Alps in the South via central Europe into mid-latitude western Asia (as far South as the river plains of Iraq). They winter mainly in south-eastern Africa. During their migration they can be found in the eastern Mediterranean, Asia Minor, the Middle East including Arabia and in the Nile valley. During their migration they can be found in most parts of Arabia, including Oman. As their name already suggests, Marsh Warblers have a preference for marshlands with tall growth and other wetland habitats during their breeding season. In their wintering grounds they tend to stay in well-vegatated country, but not necessarily wetlands.

Sightings Click here for sighting information A Marsh Warbler was spotted by us on the Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, in the second week of May 2010. Marsh Warblers were also spotted in Europe.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Marsh Warbler
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, May 2010]

Near-dorsal view of a Marsh Warbler
[Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, near Muscat, May 2010]

Additional information

More photos of Marsh Warblers are available from Europe.

Food, Diet

Like all warblers of the Acrocephalus family known to us, Marsh Warblers feed on insects that they catch in flight or pick from reeds.

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