Lesser swamp warbler

Lesser swamp warbler
At Marievale, Gauteng
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Acrocephalus
Species:
A. gracilirostris
Binomial name
Acrocephalus gracilirostris
(Hartlaub, 1864)

The lesser swamp warbler or Cape reed warbler (Acrocephalus gracilirostris) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a resident breeder in Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Chad and Ethiopia south to South Africa. This is a common species of reedbeds in standing water.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Acrocephalus gracilirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22714859A94430765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714859A94430765.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.