Blunt-winged Warbler (Acrocephalus concinens)

Other Names (World)
Blunt-winged Warbler, Blunt-winged Paddyfield Warbler, Blunt-winged Reed-warbler

Family
Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Size
13 - 14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swinhoe, 1870)

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan (B), Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Hong Kong (China).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Blunt-winged Warbler (Acrocephalus concinens) [XC61385]
by Jonathan Martinez from Hunan province Hu Ping Shan, China (call)

Blunt-winged Warbler (Acrocephalus concinens) [XC754288]
by Geoff Carey from Hu Ping Shan NNR, Hunan province, China (call, song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with White-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum) and Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola), and has been treated as conspecific with Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola). Differs from both, and also from Black-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps), in combination of plumage characters and biometrics.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

haringtoni Witherby, 1920 - Breeds from northern Afghanistan east to Kashmir.
stevensi Baker, ECS, 1922 - North-eastern India (plains of R Brahmaputra, in Assam) and adjacent parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
concinens (Swinhoe, 1870) - Breeds northern and central parts of eastern China. Non-breeding mainly southern Myanmar and northern Thailand.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blunt-winged Warbler (Acrocephalus concinens) - 10 files

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