Greater Swamp Warbler

When to see the Greater Swamp Warbler

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Greater Swamp Warbler

The map shades 18 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Gabon, Niger.

About the Greater Swamp Warbler

The greater swamp warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is found in the African countries of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is swamps.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Madagascar Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus newtoniThe Madagascar swamp warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. Manchurian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus tangorumThe Manchurian reed warbler, also known as the Manchurian reed-warbler, is a species of marsh-warbler. Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldisThe Basra reed warbler is a "warbler" of the genus Acrocephalus.