Common Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Common Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	64,300,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	38,000,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	11100000-18900000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2018
Population trend	stable	-	estimated	-
Generation length	2.69 years	-	-	-

Population justification: In Europe, the total population size is estimated at 3,890,000-6,630,000 mature individuals, with 1,940,000-3,320,000 breeding pairs (BirdLife International 2021), and comprises approximately 35% of the species' global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is between 11,100,000-18,900,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is desirable. In Europe, the species' population is considered to have remained relatively stable over three generations (10 years) (BirdLife International 2021). Based on these data, and the proportion of the species' global range that this region holds, the global population size is considered to be stable over three generations.

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native		yes		yes
Albania	extant	native		yes
Algeria	extant	native
Angola	extant	native
Armenia	extant	native		yes
Austria	extant	native		yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native		yes
Bahrain	extant	native				yes
Belarus	extant	native		yes
Belgium	extant	native		yes
Benin	extant	vagrant
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native		yes
Botswana	extant	native
Bulgaria	extant	native		yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native
Burundi	extant	native
Cameroon	extant	native
Central African Republic	extant	native
Chad	extant	native
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native
Croatia	extant	native		yes
Cyprus	extant	native		yes
Czechia	extant	native		yes		yes
Denmark	extant	native		yes		yes
Egypt	extant	native
Eritrea	extant	native
Estonia	extant	native		yes
Eswatini	extant	native
Ethiopia	extant	native
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	extant	vagrant
Finland	extant	native		yes
France	extant	native		yes		yes
Gabon	extant	native
Gambia	extant	native
Georgia	extant	native		yes
Germany	extant	native		yes		yes
Ghana	extant	native
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native
Greece	extant	native		yes		yes
Guinea	extant	native
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native
Hungary	extant	native		yes
Iceland	extant	vagrant
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native		yes		yes
Iraq	extant	native		yes		yes
Ireland	extant	native		yes
Israel	extant	native		yes
Italy	extant	native		yes		yes
Jordan	extant	native		yes		yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Kenya	extant	native
Kuwait	extant	native		yes		yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native		yes
Latvia	extant	native		yes
Lebanon	extant	native	yes			yes
Lesotho	extant	native
Liberia	extant	native
Libya	extant	native
Liechtenstein	extant	native		yes
Lithuania	extant	native		yes
Luxembourg	extant	native		yes
Malawi	extant	native
Mali	extant	native
Malta	extant	native		yes
Mauritania	extant	native
Moldova	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	native		yes
Morocco	extant	native
Mozambique	extant	native
Namibia	extant	native
Netherlands	extant	native		yes
Niger	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
North Macedonia	extant	native		yes
Norway	extant	native		yes
Oman	extant	native			yes	yes
Palestine	extant	native		yes
Poland	extant	native		yes
Portugal	extant	native		yes		yes
Qatar	extant	native				yes
Romania	extant	native		yes
Russia	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes
Rwanda	extant	native
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes			yes
Senegal	extant	native
Serbia	extant	native		yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native
Slovakia	extant	native		yes
Slovenia	extant	native		yes
Somalia	extant	native
South Africa	extant	native
South Sudan	extant	native		yes	yes
Spain	extant	native		yes
Sudan	extant	native
Sweden	extant	native		yes
Switzerland	extant	native		yes
Syria	extant	native		yes		yes
Tajikistan	extant	vagrant
Tanzania	extant	native
Togo	extant	native
Tunisia	extant	native
Türkiye	extant	native		yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native		yes
Uganda	extant	native
Ukraine	extant	native		yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native		yes		yes
United Kingdom	extant	native		yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native		yes
Western Sahara	extant	native
Yemen	extant	native	yes			yes
Zambia	extant	native
Zimbabwe	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Austria	Neusiedler See
Finland	Laajalahti bay, Vanhankaupunginlahti bay and Viikki
Finland	Pori archipelago and wetlands
Finland	Porvoonjoki Delta
Germany	Eastern shore of Lake Müritz, Grosser Schwerin and Steinhorn
Germany	Lakes of Schwerin, Dambeck and Warin
Germany	Lowlands of middle Havel
Germany	Nossentiner-/Schwinzer Heide with Krakower Obersee and Plauer See
Germany	Nuthe - Nieplitz lowlands
Germany	Peenetal (Peenetalmoor and Anklamer Stadtbruch)
Germany	Schorfheide-Chorin
Germany	Uckermark lake region
Germany	Uckertal / Unteruckersee
Ukraine	Mzha river valley

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	non-breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	major	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	major	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 1400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Common Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/common-reed-warbler-acrocephalus-scirpaceus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.