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#0933 · 🐦 birds

Moustached Warbler

🇳🇱 Zwartkoprietzanger ·Acrocephalus melanopogon

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Moustached Warbler, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The moustached warbler ( Acrocephalus melanopogon ) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus . It breeds in southern Europe and southern temperate Asia with a few in north-west Africa. It is partially migratory. South west European birds are resident, south east European birds winter in the Mediterranean breeding range, and the Asiatic race migrates to Arabia, India and Pakistan.

base stats

  • NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,114iNaturalist 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

  • Spotted 4 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,114 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1823 (203 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Moustached Warbler
Nederlands
Zwartkoprietzanger
scientific name
Acrocephalus melanopogon
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Acrocephalidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
4
sightings in Europe
565
sightings worldwide
1,114
GBIF records in NL
1,892
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1823 by Coenraad Jacob Temminck

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

relatives· Acrocephalidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 116799, Wikidata Q385273, GBIF 2493124, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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