#0601 · 🐦 birds

Sedge Warbler

🇳🇱 Rietzanger ·Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The sedge warbler ( Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus . It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge warblers are migratory, crossing the Sahara to get from their European and Asian breeding grounds to spend winter in Africa. The male's song is composed of random chattering phrases and can include mimicry of other species. The sedge warbler is mostly insectivorous.

base stats

NL sightings 863iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 19,108iNaturalist 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).