Eurasian Reed Warbler

About this species

This species has 2,974,524 occurrence records from 125 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (23.8%), Sweden (19.9%), the Netherlands (14.7%), France (7.4%) and the United Kingdom (5.5%); together they account for 71.3% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 1.4% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Acrocephalus scirpaceus combines the genus name Acrocephalus with the species epithet scirpaceus. The Warbla app catalog lists 35 species of the genus Acrocephalus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Acrocephalus palustris and Acrocephalus arundinaceus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 51 species of the family Acrocephalidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 17.9 times the family average (166,212). The family Acrocephalidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Acrocephalidae

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

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org