Eurasian or Caspian reed warbler, Jeddah (1 Viewer)

[ammadoux]

Hello all

please help, thanks.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Ammadoux,
have you excluded Marsh Warbler? I dont say it is one, but overall picture seems warm/slight brownish biased, at least on my screen.
Do you have more pictures?
I agree with you, that its one of these three smaller Acrocephalus warbler for me, too, but I cant say which.
Despite that, my thoughts: compared to a Reed Warbler from Germany, this bird has

• a quite long pp
• quite pronounced pale crescents of the primaries
• quite stout base of the blunt-tipped bill
• quite pale claws

Yes, this is all within variation for an European Reed Warbler, even in combination. Therefore my hesitation to ID this bird. But I would like to hear other thoughts (or even an identification)

 

[kuzeycem]

Looks Marsh-like to me too, but I can never be %100 sure with these in autumn without actually seeing it.

 

[ammadoux]

thanks, not usual time for Marsh, as they already passed between 15-27 August.