BirdUp · Species
Oriental Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus orientalis(Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Acrocephalidae
- Genus
- Acrocephalus
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Central Mongolia and south-east Russia south to north and east China, the Korean Pen. and Japan
- Non-breeding range
- To south-east Asia, Philippines and Indonesian Arch.; rare vagrant to north Australia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
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- May
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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