Australian Reed Warbler

Subspecies australis
Photo by Neil Fifer
Sydney, Australia, September,2003

Acrocephalus australis

Identification

16cm. Brown and buff.

Distribution

Ranges in Indonesia (Greater and Lesser Sundas), southeast Borneo, Philippines, throughout Australia including Tasmania, and New Guinea.

Taxonomy

A recent split from Clamorous Reed-Warbler

Subspecies^[1]

Polytypic, there are four subspecies:

• A. a. sumbae:

• Buru (South Moluccas), Sumba and Timor (Lesser Sundas), New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands

• A. a. australis:

• Eastern half of Australia; winters to north

• A. a. gouldi:

• Breeds western Australia (southwestern Western Australia); winters to northwestern Northern Territory

Photo by Wetlands Wanderer
Edithvale, Victoria, Australia, May 2008

Habitat

Reed beds and dense vegetation on the shores of lakes, rivers and creeks.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

It builds a deep cup nest from woven reeds, lined with fine dry grass and feathers, in among dense reeds. The female incubates the eggs.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Wikipedia
3. Birds in Backyards
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Australian Reed Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Australian_Reed_Warbler

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