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Black-browed reed warbler

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Black-browed reed warbler
In Bueng Boraphet, central Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Acrocephalus
Species:
A. bistrigiceps
Binomial name
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
Distribution of Black-browed Reed Warbler
  Breeding
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Salicaria maackii Schrenck, 1860

The black-browed reed warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) is a marsh-warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860.

It breeds from eastern Mongolia and south-eastern Russia to eastern China and Japan,[2] and winters in Southeast Asia.

The black-browed reed warbler is similar and closely related to the more common and widespread Eurasian reed warbler. The bird spends its time foraging close to the ground inside undisturbed reed beds. Like many other wetland birds, it is of conservation concern owing to habitat loss due to the destruction of native marsh vegetation and its replacement by rice paddies and fishponds.[3]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Acrocephalus bistrigiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22714709A111077307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22714709A111077307.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Bushtits, leaf warblers & reed warblers". IOC World Bird List. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Group announces first Philippine sighting of bird species". (5 May 2008). GMANews.TV. Retrieved 2020-04-07.