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Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus gracilirostris · Family Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Family Acrocephalidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acrocephalidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 127,649
- Countries and territories with records
- 22
About this species
This species has 127,649 occurrence records from 22 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (87.9%), Kenya (2.6%), Zimbabwe (2.4%), Zambia (1.3%) and Namibia (1%); together they account for 95.3% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.28% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Acrocephalus gracilirostris combines the genus name Acrocephalus with the species epithet gracilirostris. The Warbla app catalog lists 35 species of the genus Acrocephalus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and Acrocephalus palustris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 51 species of the family Acrocephalidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Its record count is 76.8% of the family average (166,212). The family Acrocephalidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.