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Photo by Mike Pennington
Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria

Acrocephalus agricola

[edit] Identification

12-13.5 cm

• Plumage varies through the season from rusty to palish-buff unstreaked upperparts
• Whitish underparts
• Whitish supercillium
• Short bill, with yellowish lower mandible
• Long tail
  

Sexes similar

[edit] Similar Species

Eurasian Reed-Warbler which has longer wings and shorter tail.

[edit] Distribution

Breeds in central Eurasia; winters in southern Asia

Rare, but regular vagrant to western Europe

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic

[edit] Habitat

Low dense vegetation such as long grass, reeds and rice, besides lakes and marshes

[edit] Behaviour

Flicks and cocks the tail.

[edit] Breeding

Nests low in reeds; 4-5 eggs are laid

[edit] Diet

Gleans insects from reeds and also in tree canopy.

[edit] Vocalisation

Calls and song less harsh than Marsh Warbler.
Call: chek and zak

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
4. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6

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