Australian Reed Warbler

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When to see the Australian Reed Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Australian Reed Warbler

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in New Zealand.

About the Australian Reed Warbler

The Australian reed warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus and is the only Acrocephalus species native to Australia. It has also been observed in Papua New Guinea and nearby islands. The name Acrocephalus refers to the peaked crown found on reed warblers in this genus and can be translated to mean "topmost head" in Greek. The species name australis is translated to mean "southern" in Latin, and refers to the species range, Australia. In its western range the Australian reed warbler is also known as "Koordjikotji" in the local Aboriginal language of Perth and its surrounds.

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Easily confused with

Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreusClamorous reed warbler is a large song thrush-sized warbler at 18–20 cm. Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostrisThe lesser swamp warbler is a plain-coloured smallish bird 14–16 cm long and weighing around 20 g. Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceusThe thrush-sized warbler is one of the largest species in both its current the family Acrocephalidae, and its former family, the "Sylviidae".

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