Oriental Reed Warbler

How to identify

Field marks

1. Dark eyestripe with a white stripe above the eye
2. Long, thick bill, rufous upper mandible, pink lower mandible and orange gape
3. White tips to the tail feathers
4. Fine, narrow gray stripes on the throat and breast

Voice

Song mixes melodious phrases with low, harsh guttural notes; it also gives a loud, harsh “chack”.

Similar species

Great Reed Warbler

Oriental Reed Warbler is slightly smaller and more slender than Great Reed Warbler, with shorter wings; pale tips to the tail are a distinguishing feature.

Clamorous Reed Warbler

Oriental Reed Warbler has slightly longer primaries and a slightly shorter, thicker bill than Clamorous Reed Warbler; it has pale tips to the tail.

Where and when it's recorded

Oriental Reed Warbler has been recorded at 944 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 19 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Mai Po Nature ReserveHong Kong (China)1,025 records
2. Lat Krabang – Thap Yao paddies & aquaculture pondsThailand666 records
3. Nanhui DongtanChina604 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ChinaThailandCambodiaSingaporeJapanSouth KoreaMalaysiaPhilippines

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the reed warbler genus Acrocephalus. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the great reed warbler (A. arundinaceus) of the western Palearctic.

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