Acrocephalidae
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Acrocephalidae is a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of oscine passerine birds, in the superfamily Sylvioidea
Sylvioidea
Sylvioidea is a superfamily of passerine birds. It is one of at least three major clades within the Passerida along with the Muscicapoidea and Passeroidea. It contains about 1300 species including the Old World warblers, Old World babblers, swallows, larks, bulbuls and perhaps the tits...

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The species in this family are usually rather large "warbler
Warbler
There are a number of Passeriformes called "warblers". They are not particularly closely related, but share some characteristics, such as being fairly small, vocal and insectivorous....

s". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...

 and surroundings, but also ranging far into Pacific, with some species in Africa. The genus limits are seriously in need of revision; either most species should be moved into Acrocephalus, or the latter should be split up. However there is presently insufficient knowledge as to how.

Genus Acrocephalus
Acrocephalus
The Acrocephalus warblers are small, insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus Acrocephalus. Formerly in the paraphyletic Old World warbler assemblage, they are now separated as the namesake of the marsh- and tree-warbler family Acrocephalidae...

Marsh-warblers. About 35 species; para- or polyphyletic.
  • Moustached Warbler
    Moustached Warbler
    The Moustached Warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon, is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in southern Europe and southern temperate Asia with a few in north-west Africa. It is partially migratory...

    , Acrocephalus melanopogon
  • Aquatic Warbler
    Aquatic Warbler
    The Aquatic Warbler, Acrocephalus paludicola, is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in temperate eastern Europe and western Asia, with an estimated population of 15,000 pairs. It is migratory, wintering in west Africa...

    , Acrocephalus paludicola
  • Sedge Warbler
    Sedge Warbler
    The Sedge Warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge Warblers are migratory, crossing the Sahara to get from their European and Asian breeding grounds to spend winter in Africa...

    , Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
  • Streaked Reed-warbler
    Streaked Reed-warbler
    The Streaked Reed-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family .It is found in China and the Philippines.Its natural habitats are swamps and arable land....

    , Acrocephalus sorghophilus
  • Black-browed Reed-warbler
    Black-browed Reed-warbler
    The Black-browed Reed-warbler is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

    , Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
  • Paddyfield Warbler
    Paddyfield Warbler
    The Paddyfield Warbler, Acrocephalus agricola, is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The Manchurian Reed-warbler was included in A. agricola as a subspecies.It breeds in temperate central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in Pakistan and...

    , Acrocephalus agricola
  • Manchurian Reed-warbler
    Manchurian Reed-warbler
    The Manchurian Reed Warbler , also known as the Manchurian Reed-warbler, is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, and was usually treated as a subspecies of the Paddyfield Warbler...

    , Acrocephalus tangorum
  • Blunt-winged Warbler
    Blunt-winged Warbler
    The Blunt-winged Warbler is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

    , Acrocephalus concinens
  • Eurasian Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus
    • Caspian Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus (scirpaceus) fuscus
    • Mangrove Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus (scirpaceus) avicenniae
  • African Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus baeticatus
  • Blyth's Reed Warbler
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
    The Blyth's Reed Warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in temperate Asia and easternmost Europe. It is migratory, wintering in India and Sri Lanka. It is one of the most common winter warblers in those countries...

    , Acrocephalus dumetorum
  • Marsh Warbler
    Marsh Warbler
    The Marsh Warbler, Acrocephalus palustris, is an Old World warbler currently classified in the family Acrocephalidae. It breeds in temperate Europe and western Asia and winters mainly in south east Africa...

    , Acrocephalus palustris
  • Great Reed Warbler
    Great Reed Warbler
    The Great Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus, is an Eurasiaan songbird in the genus Acrocephalus. It used to be placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but nowadays is recognized to be part of the marsh- and tree-warbler family .-Description:This is a large thrush-sized warbler,...

    , Acrocephalus arundinaceus
  • Oriental Reed-warbler
    Oriental Reed-warbler
    The Oriental Reed-warbler is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the reed-warbler genus Acrocephalus. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the Great Reed-warbler of western Eurasia....

    , Acrocephalus orientalis
  • Clamorous Reed-warbler
    Clamorous Reed-Warbler
    The Clamorous Reed Warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds from Egypt eastwards through Pakistan, Afghanistan and northernmost India to south China, southeast Asia and south to Australia...

    , Acrocephalus stentoreus
  • Large-billed Reed-warbler
    Large-billed Reed-warbler
    The Large-billed Reed-warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. The species has been dubbed as "the world's least known bird". It was known from a single specimen collected in India in 1867 and rediscovered in the wild in Thailand in 2006...

    , Acrocephalus orinus
  • Basra Reed-warbler
    Basra Reed-warbler
    The Basra Reed Warbler is a "warbler" of the genus Acrocephalus. It is an endemic breeder in East and southern Iraq and Israel in extensive beds of papyrus and reeds. It is easily mistaken for the Great Reed Warbler but is a bit smaller, has whiter under parts and has a narrower, longer and more...

    , Acrocephalus griseldis
  • Australian Reed-warbler
    Australian Reed-Warbler
    The Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It lives in reedbeds across Australia. It is about 16 centimetres long, and brown and buff in colour....

    , Acrocephalus australis
  • Nightingale Reed-warbler
    Nightingale Reed-warbler
    The Nightingale Reed-warbler is a critically endangered songbird of the Mariana Islands. The Chamorro name for the bird is ga`ga` karisu ....

    , Acrocephalus luscinia
    • Aguiguan Nightingale Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus luscinia nijoi - doubtfully distinct; extinct (c.1997)
    • Astrolabe Nightingale Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus luscinia astrolabii - extinct (mid-19th century?)
    • Pagan Nightingale Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus luscinia yamashinae - doubtfully distinct; extinct (1970s)
  • Caroline Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus syrinx
  • Nauru Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus rehsei
  • Millerbird
    Millerbird
    The Millerbird is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It had two subspecies, A. f. kingi and A f. familiaris. The latter, the Laysan Millerbird, became extinct sometime between 1916 and 1923. The former, the critically endangered Nihoa Millerbird, remains the only race...

    , Acrocephalus familiaris
    • Laysan Millerbird
      Laysan Millerbird
      The Laysan Millerbird was a subspecies of the Millerbird, similar in appearance to the remaining subspecies, the Nihoa Millerbird. Its dorsal side was brown, and its belly was grayish...

      , Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris - extinct (late 1910s)
  • Christmas Island Warbler, Acrocephalus aequinoctialis
  • Tahiti Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus caffer
    • Huahine Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus caffer garretti - extinct (19th century?)
    • Raiatea Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus caffer musae - extinct (19th century?)
  • Tuamotu Reed-warbler
    Tuamotu Reed-warbler
    The Tuamotu Reed-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family.It is found only in French Polynesia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....

    , Acrocephalus atyphus
  • Rimatara Reed-warbler
    Rimatara Reed-warbler
    The Rimatara Reed-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family.It is found only in French Polynesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and swamps.-Source:...

    , Acrocephalus rimatarae
  • Pitcairn Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus vaughani
  • Henderson Island Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus taiti
  • Marquesan Reed-warbler
    Marquesan Reed-warbler
    The Marquesan Reed-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family.It is found only in French Polynesia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....

    , Acrocephalus mendanae
  • Cook Islands Reed-warbler
    Cook Islands Reed-warbler
    The Cook Reed Warbler or Cook Islands Reed Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family. It is found only in the Cook Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, swamps, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife...

    , Acrocephalus kerearako
  • Greater Swamp-warbler
    Greater Swamp-warbler
    The Greater Swamp-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia,...

    , Acrocephalus rufescens
  • Cape Verde Swamp-warbler, Acrocephalus brevipennis
  • Lesser Swamp-warbler
    Lesser Swamp-warbler
    The Lesser Swamp Warbler or Cape Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus gracilirostris, is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a resident breeder in Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Chad and Ethiopia south to South Africa...

    , Acrocephalus gracilirostris
  • Madagascar Swamp-warbler
    Madagascar Swamp-warbler
    The Madagascar Swamp-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...

    , Acrocephalus newtoni
  • Thick-billed Warbler
    Thick-billed Warbler
    The Thick-billed Warbler is an Old World warbler that breeds in temperate east Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical south east Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....

    , Acrocephalus aedon
  • Rodrigues Brush-warbler, Acrocephalus rodericanus
  • Seychelles Warbler
    Seychelles Warbler
    The Seychelles Warbler , also known as Seychelles Brush-warbler, is a small songbird found on four granitic and corraline islands in the Seychelles. It is a greenish-brown bird with long legs and a long slender bill. It is primarily found in forested areas on the islands...

    , Acrocephalus sechellensis

Genus Hippolais

Tree-warblers. 8 species; para- or polyphyletic.

(Sub)Genus Iduna
  • Booted Warbler
    Booted Warbler
    The Booted Warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler group. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Sykes' Warbler, but the two are now usually both afforded species status...

    , Hippolais caligata
  • Sykes' Warbler
    Sykes' Warbler
    Sykes' Warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Booted Warbler, but is now considered a full species. Its breeding range is from northeast Arabia to Afghanistan...

    , Hippolais rama
  • Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
    Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
    The Eastern Olivaceous Warbler is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warbelrs, Acrocephalidae, in the tree warbler genus Hippolais ...

    , Hippolais pallida
  • Western Olivaceous Warbler
    Western Olivaceous Warbler
    The Western Olivaceous Warbler, also known as Isabelline Warbler, is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warblers, Acrocephalidae, in the tree warbler genus Hippolais ...

    , Hippolais opaca


(Sub)Genus Hippolais

  • Upcher's Warbler
    Upcher's Warbler
    The Upcher's Warbler, , is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais. It breeds in an area from Turkey south and east to Pakistan...

    , Hippolais languida
  • Olive-tree Warbler
    Olive-tree Warbler
    The Olive-tree Warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais. It breeds in southeast Europe and the near east. It is migratory, wintering in eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa.This small passerine bird is a species found in open-canopy oakwoods,...

    , Hippolais olivetorum
  • Melodious Warbler
    Melodious Warbler
    The Melodious Warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais. It breeds in southwest Europe and northwest Africa. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa....

    , Hippolais polyglotta
  • Icterine Warbler
    Icterine Warbler
    The Icterine Warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais . It breeds in mainland Europe except the southwest, where it is replaced by its western counterpart, Melodious Warbler. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa...

    , Hippolais icterina

Genus Chloropeta
Chloropeta
Chloropeta is a genus of Acrocephalidae warblers; formerly, they were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers".It contains the following species:* Papyrus Yellow Warbler...

Yellow warblers. 3 species.
  • Yellow Flycatcher-warbler
    Yellow Flycatcher-warbler
    The Yellow Flycatcher-warbler is a species of Acrocephalidae warblers; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers"....

    , Chloropeta natalensis
  • Mountain Flycatcher-warbler
    Mountain Flycatcher-warbler
    The Mountain Flycatcher-warbler is a species of Acrocephalidae warblers; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers"....

    , Chloropeta similis
  • Papyrus Flycatcher-warbler
    Papyrus Flycatcher-warbler
    The Papyrus Yellow Warbler is a species of Acrocephalidae warblers; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers"....

    , Chloropeta gracilirostris

Genus Nesillas
Nesillas
Nesillas is a genus of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family.It contains the following species:* Grand Comoro Brush-Warbler * Lantz's Brush-Warbler...

Brush warblers. 4 living species, 1 recently extinct.
  • Aldabra Brush-warbler, Nesillas aldabrana (extinct: c.1984)
  • Anjouan Brush-warbler
    Anjouan Brush-warbler
    The Anjouan Brush-Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family.It is found in Comoros and Mayotte.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....

    , Nesillas longicaudata
  • Madagascar Brush-warbler
    Madagascar Brush-warbler
    The Malagasy Brush Warbler , also known as the Madagascar Brush-Warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family. It is found in Comoros and Madagascar...

    , Nesillas typica
  • Grand Comoro Brush-warbler
    Grand Comoro Brush-warbler
    The Grand Comoro Brush-Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family.It is found in Comoros and Mayotte.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...

    , Nesillas brevicaudata
  • Moheli Brush-warbler
    Moheli Brush-warbler
    The Moheli Brush-Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family.It is found only in Comoros.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...

    , Nesillas mariae
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