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  7. Oriental Reed Warbler

BirdUp · Species

Oriental Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus orientalis(Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)

Conservation status: Least ConcernOrigin: Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Acrocephalidae
Genus
Acrocephalus

At a glance

The Oriental Reed Warbler is a small bird, about 18–20 cm long, listed as Least Concern and native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.

Size
18–20 cm
Conservation status
Least Concern
Origin
Native
Best seen
Year-round
Commonness
Common
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When
  • Behaviour

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

What does an Oriental Reed Warbler look like?

The Oriental Reed Warbler is a small bird, about 18–20 cm long and weighing 22–31 g.

The Oriental reed warbler is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the reed warbler genus Acrocephalus. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the great reed warbler of the western Palearctic.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Field specs

Length
18–20 cm
Weight
22–31 g

Measurements · avonet · CC BY 4.0

03 · When

When to look

When can you see an Oriental Reed Warbler?

The Oriental Reed Warbler is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

What does an Oriental Reed Warbler eat?

The Oriental Reed Warbler feeds on mainly insects and other small invertebrates., usually foraging in gleaning.

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Oriental Reed Warbler live in Australia?

The Oriental Reed Warbler is native to Australia, recorded across 4 of Australia’s bioregions.

BreedingCentral Mongolia and south-east Russia south to north and east China, the Korean Pen. and Japan

Non-breedingTo south-east Asia, Philippines and Indonesian Arch.; rare vagrant to north Australia

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Vagrant
  • Non-breeding
  • Breeding

6 regions recorded