Animal Profile IUCN: LC

Acrocephalus concinens

Acrocephalus concinens,Blunt-winged Warbler

Blunt-winged reed warbler (scientific name: Acrocephalus concinens) is a bird of the family Acrocephalus. In mainland China, it is distributed in Hebei, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong and other places. The type locality of this specie

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Scientific Name Acrocephalus concinens,Blunt-winged Warbler

Length 14cm

Weight

Lifespan

IUCN Status LC

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Blunt-winged reed warbler is a medium-sized monotonous brown reed warbler without vertical stripes. The difference between it and the rice field reed warbler and the Far Eastern reed warbler is that the eyebrow stripe is shorter and there is no second upper eyebrow stripe.

Call: The call is harsh, with a trembling thrrak or tschak sound.

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Profile Details

Key characteristics, appearance, and habitat information.

Traits & Behavior

There are dark brown lines across the eyes but no dark stripes on the eyebrow lines.

Appearance

Solid color without vertical stripes. Compared with the rice field warbler, it has a longer and thicker bill, shorter wings, and a short eyebrow, which is basically limited to the front of the eye. The iris is olive brown, the upper beak is dark brown, the lower beak is light yellow, and the feet are light brown.

Distribution & Habitat

In China, it is found in north-central, north, central, east, southwest China and Hong Kong. Abroad, it is found in the Indian Peninsula and Southeast Asia.

Like other reed warblers. It lives in reed beds; but it also occurs in mountainous tall grass habitats.

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