Wildlife
Marsh and reed warblers are, on the surface, just plain brown birds. However, many of the species undergo some quite remarkable migrations, considering their diminutive size, spending the summers in Europe and Asia and wintering in the warmer climes of Africa. The 35 species include the common reed and sedge warblers and the not so common and endangered Rodrigues warbler. Populations of some warblers are under pressure as a result of habitat loss, as reedbeds and marshes are drained for commercial and agricultural use.
Scientific name: Acrocephalus
Rank: Genus
The following habitats are found across the Marsh and reed warblers distribution range. Find out more about these environments, what it takes to live there and what else inhabits them.
Discover what these behaviours are and how different plants and animals use them.
Additional data source: Animal Diversity Web
The Acrocephalus warblers are small, insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus Acrocephalus. Formerly in the paraphyletic Old World warbler assemblage, they are now separated as the namesake of the marsh and tree warbler family Acrocephalidae. They are sometimes called marsh warblers or reed warblers, but this invites confusion with Marsh Warbler and Reed Warbler proper, especially in North America where it is common to use lower case for bird species.
These are rather drab brownish warblers usually associated with marshes or other wetlands. Some are streaked, others plain. Many species are migratory.
Many species have a flat head profile, which gives rise to the group's scientific name.
Species breeding in temperate regions are strongly migratory.
The most enigmatic species of the genus, the Large-billed Reed Warbler (A. orinus), was rediscovered in Thailand on March, 2006. It was only found once before, in 1867. It was found also in a remote corner of Afghanistan in the Summer 2009.
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Adapted to flying
Acoustic communication
Moulting
Egg layer
Parental investment