Albania (B), Algeria, Angola, Armenia (B), Austria (B), Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain (P), Belarus (B), Belgium (B), Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Botswana, Bulgaria (B), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote dIvoire, Central African Republic, Chad, China (mainland) (B), Congo, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Cyprus (P), Czech Republic (B) (P), Denmark (B) (P), Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia (B), Ethiopia, Finland (B) (P), France (B) (P), Gabon, Gambia, Germany (B) (P), Ghana, Greece (B) (P), Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Hungary (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B) (P), Iraq (P), Ireland (B), Israel, Italy (B) (P), Jordan (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kuwait (P), Kyrgyzstan (P), Latvia (B), Lebanon (P), Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania (B), Luxembourg (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Republic of Moldova (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands (B), Niger, Nigeria, Norway (B), Oman (NB) (P), Poland (B), Portugal (P), Romania (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Rwanda, Saudi Arabia (P), Senegal, Serbia (B), Sierra Leone, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B), Slovenia (B), Somalia, South Africa, Spain (B), Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden (B), Switzerland (B), Syrian Arab Republic (P), Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Tunisia, Turkey (B), Uganda, Ukraine (B) (P), United Arab Emirates (P), United Kingdom (B), Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara, Yemen (P), Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Djibouti, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Seychelles.
Breeds Europe (except southern and south-west) east to western Siberia (east to R Yenisey), Turkey, Caucasus and northern Kazakhstan; non-breeding sub-Saharan Africa.
Population
Estimated population is 20,000,000 - 50,000,000 (2010).
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) [XC473773]
by Ruslan Mazuryk from Scousburgh, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Ukraine (song)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) [XC778312]
by Paul Driver from Fishers Green, Lea Valley Park, United Kingdom (song)
Nest
A loose, outer shell of grass, sedge, low down, lined with soft materials.
Eggs (Guide)
5 - 6; pale greenish, heavily speckled olive or buff.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Recent genetic study suggests that Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon), 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. Size increases clinally from south-west to north-east. In Norway, northern populations ecologically distinct from southern ones.
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Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7
BirdLife International Species Factsheet