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Oriental Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus orientalis(Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)

Least ConcernNative
Order
PASSERIFORMES
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.

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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