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title: "Oriental Reed Warbler"
description: "Acrocephalus orientalis — Birds. The Oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the reed warbler genus Acrocephalus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/oriental-reed-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oriental Reed Warbler

> Acrocephalus orientalis — Birds. The Oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)  is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the reed warbler genus Acrocephalus.

- Scientific name: *Acrocephalus orientalis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 3355
- Wikidata: [Q73456](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73456)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144928](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144928)

## Names

- en: Oriental Reed Warbler
- de: Chinarohrsänger
- es: Carricero Oriental
- fr: Rousserolle d'Orient
- nl: Chinese karekiet
- pt: Rouxinol-grande-oriental
- pl: Trzciniak wschodni

## Countries with the most observations

CN (522), JP (454), KR (289), TH (205), SG (148), RU (144), HK (83), MY (58), TW (53), VN (35), KH (22), IN (19)

## Summary

The Oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)  is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the reed warbler genus Acrocephalus. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the great reed warbler (A. arundinaceus) of the western Palearctic.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_reed_warbler

## Photo

![Oriental Reed Warbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-reed-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/392878637

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-reed-warbler?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).