Common reed warbler
| Common reed warbler | |
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| Song recorded in Surrey, England | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Acrocephalus |
| Species: | A. scirpaceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804)
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| Subspecies | |
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See text | |
| Distribution
Breeding range
Resident year-round
Passage
Non-breeding range
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The common reed warbler or Eurasian reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds across Europe into the temperate western Palaearctic where it is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also a resident species over large parts of Africa.