Paddyfield Warbler

Acrocephalus agricola (Jerdon, 1845)

Paddyfield Warbler, Acrocephalus agricola, is a passerine of the Acrocephalidae that breeds from eastern Europe through Ukraine, Kazakhstan and north-east Iran across central Asia to Mongolia and west-central China, and spends the non-breeding season in southern Asia to Burma. It is a bird of low cover, including long grass, reeds and rice fields. The species was described by Jerdon in 1845. It is a migratory warbler, and small breeding populations occur on the western shores of the Black Sea near the Bulgaria-Romania border.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Acrocephalidae — Reed Warblers & Allies

Breeding range

Palearctic: e Europe to Ukraine, Kazakhstan and ne Iran through c Asia to Mongolia and wc China

Nonbreeding range

s Asia to Burma