Black-browed reed warbler

The black-browed reed warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) is a marsh-warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860.

Black-browed reed warbler
In Bueng Boraphet, central Thailand
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acrocephalidae
Genus:	Acrocephalus
Species:	A. bistrigiceps
Binomial name
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps R. Swinhoe, 1860
Distribution of Black-browed Reed Warbler   Breeding   Non-breeding
Synonyms
Salicaria maackii Schrenck, 1860

It breeds from eastern Mongolia and south-eastern Russia to eastern China and Japan,^[2] and winters in Southeast Asia.

The black-browed reed warbler is similar and closely related to the more common and widespread Eurasian reed warbler. The bird spends its time foraging close to the ground inside undisturbed reed beds. Like many other wetland birds, it is of conservation concern owing to habitat loss due to the destruction of native marsh vegetation and its replacement by rice paddies and fishponds.^[3]