Blyth's Reed Warbler
A species of Reed-warblers Scientific name : Acrocephalus dumetorum Genus : Reed-warblers
Blyth's Reed Warbler, A species of Reed-warblers
Botanical name: Acrocephalus dumetorum
Genus: Reed-warblers
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Description General Info
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Description
This small passerine bird is a species found in scrub or clearings, often near water, but it is not found in marshes. 4-6 eggs are laid in a nest in a bush. This is a medium-sized warbler, 12.5-14 cm in length. The adult has a plain brown back and pale underparts. It can easily be confused with reed warbler, marsh warbler and some of the Hippolais warblers. It is most like reed warbler but is greyer on the back, the forehead is less flattened and the bill is less strong and pointed. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds are yellower below. 
Size
13 cm
Colors
Bronze
Gray
White
Life Expectancy
8 years
Feeding Habits
Blyth's Reed Warbler, primarily insectivorous, consumes various insects and occasionally berries. Their foraging involves expertly gleaning prey from foliage, often during dusk or dawn. Uniquely, their diet may also include small invertebrates.
Habitat
Blyth's Reed Warbler generally inhabits a variety of terrestrial environments, favoring areas that balance open spaces with dense, bushy, and herbaceous vegetation. The bird is more arboreal than its congeners, often found in light shrubs, riverine deciduous forests, and floodlands with trees like oak and alder. Preferred breeding sites include forest gulleys, wooded steppe with birch clumps, and thorny thickets on hill and valley slopes. Blyth's Reed Warbler may also settle in orchards, parks, and gardens, as well as by rivulets and ditches with tall grass, though it typically avoids close proximity to water. Its adaptable nature is evident as it occupies similar habitats away from water even during the non-breeding season, up to altitudes of 1200 meters.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird Feeder Type
Small Hopper
Small Tube Feeder
Platform
Sounds
Call
Recording location: India
Call
Recording location: India
Song
Recording location: India
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Reed warblers Genus
Reed-warblers Species
Blyth's Reed Warbler 
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