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title: "Common Reed Warbler"
description: "Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Uccelli. The common reed warbler or Eurasian reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-reed-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Reed Warbler

> Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Uccelli. The common reed warbler or Eurasian reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus.

- Scientific name: *Acrocephalus scirpaceus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 15432
- Wikidata: [Q159080](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159080)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204455](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204455)

## Names

- en: Common Reed Warbler
- de: Teichrohrsänger
- es: Carricero Común
- fr: Rousserolle effarvatte
- nl: Kleine karekiet
- pt: Rouxinol-pequeno-dos-caniços
- pl: Trzcinniczek zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2020), ES (1219), DE (1062), FR (1015), RU (607), PT (566), IT (496), ZA (324), NL (320), DZ (240), CH (230), BE (196)

## Summary

The common reed warbler or Eurasian reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds across Europe into the temperate western Palaearctic where it is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also a resident species over large parts of Africa.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: David Lazarus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146822191

## Machine access

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