#1182 · 🐦 birds

Paddyfield Warbler

🇳🇱 Veldrietzanger ·Acrocephalus agricola

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
2. © Dmitry Shtol · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © 文明@中国鸟类图库 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © vyatka · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Игорь Васильевич Фадеев · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Vijay Anand Ismavel · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Avinash Bhagat · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The paddyfield warbler ( Acrocephalus agricola ) is a species of marsh warbler (family Acrocephalidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The Manchurian reed warbler ( A. tangorum ) was (and sometimes still is) included in A. agricola as a subspecies.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,960iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,960 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Caverhill Jerdon in 1845 (181 years ago).