Common reed warbler | |
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Song recorded in Surrey, England | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Acrocephalidae |
Genus: | Acrocephalus |
Species: | A. scirpaceus
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Binomial name | |
Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804)
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Subspecies | |
See text | |
Distribution
Breeding range
Resident year-round
Passage
Non-breeding range
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The common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds across Europe into the temperate western Palaearctic where it is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also a resident species over large parts of Africa.