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Passeriformes / Acrocephalidae / Acrocephalus

Greater Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus rufescens

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (grswar2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Acrocephalus

Subspecies (4)

Acrocephalus rufescens ansorgei

South Sudan to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and western Kenya southward to northwestern Angola, northern Botswana, and northwestern Zimbabwe
Acrocephalus rufescens chadensis

Lake Chad environs
Acrocephalus rufescens rufescens

Ghana to Nigeria, Cameroon, Cabinda, and northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bioko
Acrocephalus rufescens senegalensis

Senegal

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (grswar2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.