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Anon. 2007. Large-billed Reed Warbler rediscovered. World Birdwatch 29(1): 4.
Ayé, R.; Hertwig, S. T.; Schweizer, M. 2010. Discovery of a breeding area of the enigmatic Large-billed Red Warbler Acrocephalus orinus. Journal of Avian Biology 41(4): 452-459.
Bensch, S.; Pearson, D. 2002. The Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus revisited. Ibis 144: 259-267.
Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.
Dyrcz, A., de Juana, E., and Kirwan, G. M. 2020. Large-billed Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus orinus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Ithaca, New York Available at: http://www.ebird.org.
GBIF.org. 2022. Global Biodiversity information Facility (GBIF) data portal. Collection of online herbarium specimens. Available at: https://www.gbif.orr/ocurrence/. (Accessed: 2022-02-20).
IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).
Koblik, E. A.; Red’kin, Y. A.; Meer, M. S.; Derelle, R.; Golenkina, S. A.; Kondrashov, F. A.; Arkhipov, V. U. 2011. Acrocephalus orinus: a case of mistaken identity. PLoS ONE 6(4): e17716. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017716.
Kvartalnov, P.; Abdulnazarov, A.; Samotskaya, V.; Poznyakova, J.; Ilyina, I.; Bannikova, A.; Solovyeva, E. 2013. Nesting of the Large-billed reed warbler Acrocephalus orinus: a preliminary report. Forktail 29: 37-42.
Nimnuan, S.; Round, P. D. 2008. Further Thai records of Large-billed Reed-warblers Acrocephalus orinus. BirdingASIA 9: 10.
Pearson, D. J.; Kennerley, P. R.; Bensch, S. 2008. A second museum specimen of Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 128(2): 136-138.
Round, P. D.; Hansson, B.; Pearson, D. J.; Kennerley, P. R.; Bensch, S. 2007. Lost and found: the enigmatic Large-billed Reed warbler Acrocephalus orinus rediscovered after 139 years. Journal of Avian Biology 38(2): 133-138.
Round, P. D.; Kennerley, P. R. 2007. Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus back from the dead. BirdingASIA 7: 53-54.
Round, P. D.; Ul Haque, E.; Dymond, N.; Pierce, A. J.; Thompson, P. M. 2014. Ringing and ornithological exploration in north-east Bangladesh wetlands. Forktail 30: 109-121.
Svensson, L.; Prys-Jones, R.; Rasmussen, P. C.; Olsson, U. 2008. Discovery of ten new specimens of Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus, and new insights into its distributional range. Journal of Avian Biology 39(6): 605-610.
Timmins, R. J.; Mostafawi, N.; Rajabi, A. M.; Noori, H.; Ostrowski, S.; Olsson, U.; Svensson, L.; Poole, C. M. 2009. The discovery of Large-billed Reed Warblers Acrocephalus orinus in north-eastern Afghanistan. BirdingASIA 12: 42-45.
Timmins, R. J.; Ostrowski, S.; Mostafawi, N.; Noori, H.; Rajabi, A. M.; Svensson, L.; Olsson, L.; Poole, C. M. 2010. New information on the Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus, including its song and breeding habitat in north-eastern Afghanistan. Forktail 26: 9-23.
Trivedi, R., and Ganpule, P. 2016. Sighting of Large-billed Reed Warbler in Nal sarova. Flamingo XIV(2): 12-13.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Large-billed Reed-warbler Acrocephalus orinus. Downloaded from
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Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
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