Algeria, Austria (B), Azerbaijan, Belarus (B), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Czech Republic (B), Denmark (B) (P), Egypt, Estonia (B), Ethiopia, Finland (B), Germany (B), Greece (P), Hungary (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of], Iraq (P), Israel, Jordan (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Latvia (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania (B), Malawi, Moldova [Republic of] (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Poland (B), Romania (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia, Serbia (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B), Slovenia (B), South Africa, Sudan, Sweden (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine (B), Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Bahrain, Belgium, Botswana, Cyprus, France, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malta, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Somalia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom.
Breeds central and eastern Europe (eastern from southern Finland, southern Sweden, western Germany, eastern Austria and Bulgaria) east to south-western Siberia (R Irtysh region) and north-western Kazakhstan. Non-breeding eastern and southern Africa.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 5,000,000 - 20,000,000 (2010).
River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis) [XC864248]
by id from , Denmark (song)
River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis) [XC864246]
by Lars Mogensen from , Denmark (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a species pair with Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides). DNA studies indicate that the two form a group with Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata) and Common Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella naevia). Close affinities of these with certain Asian Bradypterus species is also suggested.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet