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The Marsh Warbler is a small songbird species that breeds across Europe and western Asia before migrating to Africa for the winter. It is notable for its remarkable ability to mimic the calls and songs of many other bird species, which it incorporates into its own complex song.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acrocephalus
- Mass
- +1.85
- Image
- Acrocephalus palustris (Marek Szczepanek).jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P9566
- diurnality
- P9714
- Africa
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The marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) is an Old World warbler currently classified in the family Acrocephalidae. It breeds in temperate Europe and the western Palearctic and winters mainly in southeast Africa. It is notable for incorporating striking imitations of a wide variety of other birds into its song.
The marsh warbler breeds in a variety of mostly damp habitats, but in Africa winters mainly in dry, well-vegetated areas. It is common over much of its breeding range and expanding its distribution in some areas. However, in Britain it is now virtually extinct as a breeding bird, though the reasons for its decline are unclear. This insectivorous warbler can be easily confused with several close relatives, but the imitative song of the male is highly distinctive.