reed warbler

English

the reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Alternative forms

• reed-warbler

Noun

reed warbler (plural reed warblers)

1. A species of warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, family Acrocephalidae, native to Eurasia and Africa. [from 18th c.]
   • 2016 July 12, Rob Yarham, The Guardian:

     Familiar summer-morning bird song rises from the trees, reeds and bushes – song thrush, wren, reed bunting and the rhythmic, steady, repeated “chit-chit-chit” of a reed warbler.

2. Any of various similar Old World birds of the same genus, especially great reed warbler (A. arundinaceus) and clamorous reed warbler (A. stentoreus).

Translations

Acrocephalus orientalis

• Dutch: Chinese karekiet (nl) m
• Kapampangan: tarat
• Korean: 개개비 (ko) (gaegaebi)

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

• Asturian: carricera (ast)
• Bulgarian: блатно шаварче n (blatno šavarče)
• Catalan: boscarla de canyar f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芦苇莺 (lú wěi yīng)

• Czech: rákosník obecný m
• Dutch: kleine karekiet (nl) m
• Finnish: rytikerttunen (fi)
• French: rousserolle effarvatte (fr) f
• German: Teichrohrsänger (de) m
• Hungarian: cserregő nádiposzáta
• Italian: cannaiola (it) f
• Japanese: ヨーロッパヨシキリ (yo-roppayoshikiri)
• Polish: trzcinniczek m
• Portuguese: rouxinol-pequeno-dos-caniços m
• Russian: тростниковая камышевка m (trostnikovaja kamyševka)
• Spanish: carricero común m
• Swedish: rörsångare (sv) c
• Welsh: telor y cyrs m

bird of the genus Acrocephalus

• Dutch: karekiet (nl)
• Finnish: ruokokerttunen (fi)
• German: Rohrsänger (de) m
• Korean: 개개비 (ko) (gaegaebi)