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This document provides information about identifying and aging Great Reed Warblers, including differences in plumage, iris color, wing and tail patterns between juveniles, second years, and adults.

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This document provides information about identifying and aging Great Reed Warblers, including differences in plumage, iris color, wing and tail patterns between juveniles, second years, and adults.

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Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze

12530 Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)


SEXING
Plumage of both sexes alike.

AGEING
3 types of age can be recognized:
Juvenile with fresh feathers (check flight feathers
and tail); iris dark grey; two black spots on tongue.
2nd year only in some birds with brown-olive iris.
Adult in autumn with worn plumage; iris reddish-
brown; tongue without black spots.
In spring, after the prebreeding moult, ageing is not
possible using plumage pattern.
Great Reed Warbler. Spring (26-IV).

GREAT REED WARBLER (Acrocephalus arun-


dinaceus)
IDENTIFICATION
17-20 cm. Brown upperparts; white-reddish under- Great Reed
parts; white throat and supercilium; brown tail; grey Warbler.
bluish legs. Ageing. Co-
lour of iris:
top adult;
middle 2nd
year; bottom
juvenile.

Great Reed Warbler.


Pattern of head and
upperparts.

SIMILAR SPECIES
Similar to Reed Warbler, which is smaller (13-14
mm).

R e e d
Warbler

Great Reed Warbler. Ageing. Wear of tertials: left adult;


right juvenile.

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12530 Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)


MOULT
Partial postbreeding and postjuvenile moults, inclu-
ding body feathers and lesser and median wing co-
verts; sometimes some greater coverts and central
pair of tail feathers. Both types of age have a comple- Great Reed
te prebreeding moult in wintering quarters. Warbler. Iris co-
lour: top adult (27
-VIII); middle 2nd
Great Reed year (02-VII);
Warbler. bottom juvenile
Extent of (27-VIII).
postjuveni le
moult.

PHENOLOGY

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII

Summer visitor Resident


Wintering On passage

Great Reed Warbler.


Breast pattern: top left
in spring (26-IV); top
rigt adult in autumn (27
-VIII); left juvenile (15-
VII).

Great Reed Warbler. Autumn. Adult (27-VIII).

Great Reed Warbler. Legs colour: left adult (28-IV); right


juvenile (15-VII).
Great Reed Warbler. Autumn. Juvenile (27-VIII).

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12530 Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Great Reed Warbler.


Tail wear: top left in
spring (25-IV); top rigt
adult in autumn (27-
VIII); left juvenile (27-
VIII).

Great Reed Warbler.


Upperpart pattern: top
left in spring (26-IV);
top rigt adult in autumn
(27-VIII); left juvenile
(31-VIII).

Great Reed Warbler. Spring: pattern of wing (26-IV).

Great Reed Warbler. Autumn. Adult: pattern of wing (27-


VIII).

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12530 Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Great Reed Warbler. Autumn. Juvenile: pattern of wing


(31-VIII).

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