Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)

Other Names (World)
Moustached Warbler, Eurasian Moustached Warbler, Moustached Sedge Warbler

Family
Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1823)

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B), Albania, Algeria, Armenia (B), Austria (B), Azerbaijan (B), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria (B) (NB), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (NB), Cyprus (NB), Czech Republic (B), Egypt, France (B) (NB) (P), Georgia (B), Gibraltar (NB), Greece (B) (NB) (P), Hungary (B), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (NB), Israel (B), Italy (B) (NB) (P), Jordan (B) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait (B), Lebanon (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Malta (NB), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority Territories (NB), Romania (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Serbia (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B), Slovenia (B) (NB), Spain (B) (NB), Switzerland (B), Tajikistan (B), Tunisia, Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), Ukraine (B), Uzbekistan (B).

Vagrant to Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Oman, Poland, United Arab Emirates.

Unknown to Portugal (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 - 4,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (224)...)

Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) [XC356728]
by brickegickel from Priyutnoye, Priyutnenskiy rayon, Respublika Kalmykiya, Switzerland (song)

Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) [XC668996]
by Stanislas Wroza from Vauvert, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (call, flight call)

Subspecies
Recent genetic study suggests that Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon), Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) and Black-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) form a monophyletic clade, the "striped reed-warbler group", in which traditionally Streaked Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus) is also included.

Individuals of nominate subspecies from Austria differ genetically and morphologically from birds of subspecies mimicus from Kazakhstan (L Alakol).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

melanopogon (Temminck, 1823) - Southern Europe east to eastern Ukraine (Kharkov) and western Turkey, and north-western Africa.
albiventris (Kazakov, 1974) - Shores of Sea of Azov, lower R Don and Krasnodar area (south-eastern Ukraine and adjacent southern Russia).
mimicus (Madar�sz, 1903) - Breeds southern and eastern Turkey, Iraq, southern Russia (lower R Volga) and northern Iran east to eastern Kazakhstan. Non-breeding also Afghanistan and north-western Indian Subcontinent.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) - 10 files

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Moustached Warbler see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Moustached Warbler

If you would like to read any articles about the Moustached Warbler...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Moustached Warbler

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Moustached Warbler or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (10)

No Videos of Moustached Warbler

If Birdpedia has no videos of Moustached Warbler or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)