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Blyth's Reed Warbler

🇳🇱 Struikrietzanger ·Acrocephalus dumetorum

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Blyth's Reed Warbler, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Olavi60 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus dumetorum ) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus . It breeds in the Palearctic and easternmost Europe. It is migratory, wintering in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. It is one of the most common winter warblers in those countries. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 9iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 14,995iNaturalist observations
  • weight 1.7 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 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 14,995 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 2 g.
  • Scientifically named by Edward Blyth in 1849 (177 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Nederlands
Struikrietzanger
scientific name
Acrocephalus dumetorum
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Acrocephalidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
9
sightings in Europe
5,696
sightings worldwide
14,995
GBIF records in NL
5,382
weight
1.7 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1849 by Edward Blyth

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

relatives· Acrocephalidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 116797, Wikidata Q312779, GBIF 2493145, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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