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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Australian Reed-Warbler is a fairly plain brown bird with paler underside, pointed bill, and pale brown yellow eyebrow above the eye. Males and females are similar in appearance.
Size
16cm -18cm
Habitat
tall reeds and rushes in wetlands
Food
mainly insects
Breeding
lays three or four pale eggs mottled with dark spots. The nest is a cup with narrow opening made from reeds and other plant material. The nest is lined with feathers and grass.
Range
found most often in southern parts of Australia, but range extends across much of the Australian continent except for arid interior
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Sylviidae | | Genus: | Acrocephalus | | Species: | australis | | Common Name: | Australian Reed-Warbler |
Relatives in same Genus
Oriental Reed-Warbler (A. orientalis)
Clamorous Reed Warbler (A. stentoreus)
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