#0727 · 🐦 birds

Marsh Warbler

🇳🇱 Bosrietzanger ·Acrocephalus palustris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Luciano Giussani · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Светлана Стрижова · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © vadim_shulgin · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Jeremy Barker · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Wageningen, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Hattem, Nederland:© lucs02 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 8014 Zwolle, Nederland:© Roelof · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Nijmegen-Oost, Nijmegen, Nederland:© Kayo de Gruijter · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The marsh warbler ( Acrocephalus palustris ) is an Old World warbler currently classified in the family Acrocephalidae. It breeds in temperate Europe and western Asia and winters mainly in south east Africa. It is notable for incorporating striking imitations of a wide variety of other birds into its song.

base stats

NL sightings 90iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,327iNaturalist observations
weight 1.9 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).