Sedge warbler

About this species

This species has 1,928,568 occurrence records from 127 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Finland (24.6%), Sweden (19.9%), the Netherlands (18.1%), the United Kingdom (8.6%) and France (5.9%); together they account for 77.2% of the total. In Finland, this species accounts for 1.9% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Acrocephalus schoenobaenus combines the genus name Acrocephalus with the species epithet schoenobaenus. 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 palustris and Acrocephalus arundinaceus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 51 species of the family Acrocephalidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Its record count is 11.6 times the family average (166,212). The family Acrocephalidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Acrocephalidae

• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Marsh Warbler
• Great Reed Warbler
• Blyth’s Reed Warbler
• Australian Reed Warbler
• Clamorous Reed Warbler
• Lesser Swamp Warbler
• Oriental Reed Warbler
• Icterine warbler

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org