Lesser Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Acrocephalidae
Genus
Acrocephalus
eBird Code
leswar1

Vocalizations

Jaco Prinsloo · CC_BY_4_0
Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0
Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0
Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0
Adele SL · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (8)

  • Acrocephalus gracilirostris cunenensis

    southwestern Angola to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, southwestern Zambia, and western Zimbabwe

  • Acrocephalus gracilirostris gracilirostris

    southern Namibia, South Africa, southeastern Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique

  • Acrocephalus gracilirostris jacksoni

    southern Sudan to western Kenya, Uganda, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Acrocephalus gracilirostris leptorhynchus

    eastern Ethiopia to eastern South Africa

  • Acrocephalus gracilirostris neglectus

    western Chad

  • Acrocephalus gracilirostris parvus

    highlands of southwestern Ethiopia to Kenya, northern Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi

  • Acrocephalus gracilirostris tsanae

    northwestern Ethiopia (Lake Tana)

  • Acrocephalus gracilirostris winterbottomi

    northern and northwestern Zambia to eastern Angola and southwestern Tanzania

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.