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Great Reed Warbler

🇳🇱 Grote Karekiet ·Acrocephalus arundinaceus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Great Reed Warbler, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The great reed warbler ( Acrocephalus arundinaceus ) is a Eurasian passerine in the genus Acrocephalus .

base stats

  • NL sightings 37iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 11,057iNaturalist observations
  • weight 3.2 gadult, up to
  • 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

  • Spotted 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 11,057 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 3 g.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Great Reed Warbler
Nederlands
Grote Karekiet
scientific name
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Acrocephalidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
37
sightings in Europe
8,699
sightings worldwide
11,057
GBIF records in NL
23,989
weight
3.2 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Acrocephalidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 204456, Wikidata Q180835, GBIF 2493128, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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