Clamorous Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)

Other Names (World)
Clamorous Reed-Warbler, Southern Great Reed-warbler, Indian Great Reed-warbler (brunnescens), Assam Great Reed-warbler (amyae), Ceylon Great Reed-warbler (meridionalis), Sri Lanka Great Reed-warbler (meridionalis), Heinroth's Reed-warbler (celebensis), Clamorous Reed Warbler

Family
Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Size
16 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ehrenberg, 1833)

Habitat
Inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B), Bahrain (NB) (P), Bangladesh, China (mainland), Egypt, Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Iran [Islamic Republic of], Iraq (NB), Israel, Jordan (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan (B), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines (B), Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan (B), Thailand, Timor-Leste (B) (NB), Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

Vagrant to Qatar.

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 (233)...)

Clamorous Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) [XC510795]
by Mandar Bhagat from Khuzestan Province, Iran (song)

Clamorous Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) [XC881031]
by Frank Lambert from Magsaysay (Linugos) (near Magsaysay), Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao, Philippines (song)

Subspecies
Acrocephalus stentoreus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Clamorous Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) and Large-billed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus orinus) following Bensch and Pearson (2002). Australian Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus australis), a cross-regional species, is retained as a separate species contra Christidis and Boles (1994) who include australis as a subspecies of Clamorous Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus).

The following 10 subspecies are recognised:

stentoreus (Ehrenberg, 1833) - Egypt (including Sinai) and Levant.
brunnescens (Jerdon, 1839) - North-eastern Sudan, north-western Somalia, Arabian Peninsula, and from south-central Kazakhstan south to southern Iraq and Iran and east to northern Indian Subcontinent. Non-breeding also peninsular India.
amyae Baker, ECS, 1922 - North-eastern India (plains of R Brahmaputra, in Assam) east to northern Myanmar and southern China (south-eastern Xizang east to southern Sichuan and Guizhou).
meridionalis (Legge, 1875) - Southern India and Sri Lanka.
siebersi Salomonsen, 1928 - Western Java.
lentecaptus Hartert, 1924 - Borneo, central and eastern Java and western Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa).
harterti Salomonsen, 1928 - Philippines.
celebensis Heinroth, 1903 - Southern Sulawesi.
sumbae E. J. O. Hartert, 1924 - Southern Moluccas (Buru) and central and eastern Lesser Sundas (Sumba, Timor) to New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Australian Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus australis).
levantinus Roselaar, 1994 - Northern Israel.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Clamorous Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) - 10 files

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