Streaked Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)

Other Names (World)
Streaked Reed-Warbler, Chinese Reed-warbler, Speckled Reed-warbler, Speckled Reed Warbler, Streaked Reed Warbler

Family
Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swinhoe, 1863)

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B) (P), Philippines (NB) (P), Taiwan (China) (P).

Precise breeding area not known; evidently north-eastern China (probably wetlands in Liaoning and Hebei). Non-breeding in Philippines.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat loss at its wintering grounds due to conversion to agriculture, development, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Recent genetic study suggests that Streaked Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus), Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon), Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) and Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) in the "striped reed-warbler group", which also includes Black-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps).

Similar Species
Black-browed Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) has uniform olive-brown upperparts, lacking streaking on crown, mantle and scapulars.

References
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