Great Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Heraklion, Messara plain
Photo taken by:
Fransson, T.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

Great Reed Warbler

Passerine Birds

Birds

Animals

Vertebrates

Lake ecosystem

Rivers diorama

Estuaries diorama

Photo of the Great Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus, a large passerine (19cm), with a shrill voice that resembles a toad croaking. A summer visitor in Greece, and a typical bird of the wetlands, it is found in reedbeds, often seen singing from a perch. Its basket- shaped nest usually swings from branches in thick vegetation.