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Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustris · Family Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus palustris
Family Acrocephalidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acrocephalidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 653,071
- Countries and territories with records
- 98
About this species
This species has 653,071 occurrence records from 98 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (36.1%), Denmark (12.6%), Belgium (7.7%), the Netherlands (6.9%) and Norway (6.1%); together they account for 69.4% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.23% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Acrocephalus palustris combines the genus name Acrocephalus with the species epithet palustris. 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 arundinaceus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 51 species of the family Acrocephalidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Its record count is 3.9 times the family average (166,212). The family Acrocephalidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.