Biology:Acrocephalidae

Short description: Family of birds

Acrocephalidae
Great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Superfamily:	Sylvioidea
Family:	Acrocephalidae Salvin, 1882
Genera
Acrocephalus Chloropeta Hippolais Iduna Calamonastides Nesillas

The Acrocephalidae (the reed warblers, marsh- and tree-warblers, or acrocephalid warblers) are a family of oscine passerine birds, in the superfamily Sylvioidea.

The species in this family are usually rather large "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.

Genus Acrocephalus

Marsh-warblers. About 43 species; para- or polyphyletic.

• Moustached warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon
• Aquatic warbler, Acrocephalus paludicola
• Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Speckled reed warbler, Acrocephalus sorghophilus
• Black-browed reed warbler, Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
• Paddyfield warbler, Acrocephalus agricola
• Manchurian reed warbler, Acrocephalus tangorum
• Blunt-winged warbler, Acrocephalus concinens
• Common reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Caspian reed warbler, Acrocephalus (scirpaceus) fuscus
  • Mangrove reed warbler, Acrocephalus (scirpaceus) avicenniae
• Blyth's reed warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum
• Marsh warbler, Acrocephalus palustris
• Great reed warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus
• Oriental reed warbler, Acrocephalus orientalis
• Clamorous reed warbler, Acrocephalus stentoreus
• Large-billed reed warbler, Acrocephalus orinus
• Basra reed warbler, Acrocephalus griseldis
• Australian reed warbler, Acrocephalus australis
• ✝Nightingale reed warbler, Acrocephalus luscinius
• Saipan reed warbler, Acrocephalus hiwae
• ✝Aguiguan reed warbler, Acrocephalus nijoi – extinct (c.1997)
• ✝Mangareva reed warbler, Acrocephalus astrolabii – extinct (mid-19th century?)
• ✝Pagan reed warbler, Acrocephalus yamashinae extinct (1970s)
• Caroline reed warbler, Acrocephalus syrinx
• Nauru reed warbler, Acrocephalus rehsei
• Millerbird, Acrocephalus familiaris
  • ✝Laysan millerbird, Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris – extinct (late 1910s)
• Bokikokiko, Acrocephalus aequinoctialis
• Tahiti reed warbler, Acrocephalus caffer
• Moorea reed warbler, Acrocephalus longirostris
• ✝Garrett's reed warbler, Acrocephalus garretti – extinct (19th century?)
  • ✝Raiatea reed warbler, Acrocephalus caffer musae – extinct (19th century?)
• Tuamotu reed warbler, Acrocephalus atyphus
• Rimatara reed warbler, Acrocephalus rimatarae
• Pitcairn reed warbler, Acrocephalus vaughani
• Henderson reed warbler, Acrocephalus taiti
• Northern Marquesan reed warbler, Acrocephalus percernis
• Southern Marquesan reed warbler, Acrocephalus mendanae
• Cook reed warbler, Acrocephalus kerearako
• Greater swamp warbler, Acrocephalus rufescens
• Cape Verde warbler, Acrocephalus brevipennis
• Lesser swamp warbler, Acrocephalus gracilirostris
• Madagascar swamp warbler, Acrocephalus newtoni
• Rodrigues warbler, Acrocephalus rodericanus
• Seychelles warbler, Acrocephalus sechellensis
• Grande Comore brush warbler, Acrocephalus brevicaudata

Genus Arundinax

• Thick-billed warbler, Arundinax aedon

Genus Iduna

• Booted warbler, Iduna caligata
• Sykes's warbler, Iduna rama
• Eastern olivaceous warbler, Iduna pallida
• Western olivaceous warbler, Iduna opaca
• African yellow warbler, Iduna natalensis
• Mountain yellow warbler, Iduna similis

Genus Hippolais

• Upcher's warbler, Hippolais languida
• Olive-tree warbler, Hippolais olivetorum
• Melodious warbler, Hippolais polyglotta
• Icterine warbler, Hippolais icterina

Genus Calamonastides

• Papyrus yellow warbler, Calamonastides gracilirostris

Genus Graueria

• Grauer's warbler, Graueria vittata

Genus Nesillas

Brush warblers. 5 living species, 1 recently extinct.

• Aldabra brush warbler, Nesillas aldabrana (extinct: c.1984)
• Anjouan brush warbler, Nesillas longicaudata
• Malagasy brush warbler, Nesillas typica
• Grand Comoro brush warbler, Nesillas brevicaudata
• Moheli brush warbler, Nesillas mariae
• Subdesert brush warbler, Nesillas lantzii

References

• del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN:84-96553-06-X.

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