Thick-billed Warbler - Acrocephalus aedon

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Common Name : Thick-billed Warbler
Scientific Name : Acrocephalus aedon (Pallas, 1776)

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Sylviidae
Taxonomic Group : Passeriformes - Sylviidae ( Old World warblers )
Vernacular Name : Gujarat: Moto karkariyo, Malayalam (Kerala): Chundanbheri

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General Species Profile

Taxonomy

Clements Checklist of Birds of the World 6.4 December 2009 Updated

Common Name : Thick-billed Warbler
Scientific Name : Acrocephalus aedon
Order : Passeriformes Family : Sylviidae (Old World Warblers)
Number of SubSpecies : 2

Taxon Category	Sub Species / Race	Range
subspecies	Acrocephalus aedon aedon	S Siberia to w Mongolia; winters to Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia
subspecies	Acrocephalus aedon stegmanni	E Siberia to Mongolia; winters to se China, Thailand and Indochina

Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 2006

3rd Edition, 2003. Revised and Corrected per Corrigenda to December 31, 2006

Common Name : Thick-billed Warbler
Scientific Name : Phragamaticola aedon
SubFamily : Acrocephalinae

Number of SubSpecies : 2

Sub Species / Race
Phragamaticola aedon aedon
Phragamaticola aedon rufescens

IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2)

IOC Common Name :
IOC Scientific Name : Acrocephalus aedon

Distribution :
Region : Range : EU: nc, ne. Winters Southeast Asia.
Order : Family :
Category :

A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan

SYNOPIS NO : 1549

Scientific Name: Acrocephalus aedon
Common Name: Thickbilled Warbler

Birdlife International Checklist Ver 3 June 2010

Common Name : Thick-billed Warbler
Scientific Name : Acrocephalus aedon ((Pallas, 1776))
Birdlife Synonym :

BirdLife Redlist Status Year 2010: LC
BirdLife Species FactSheet for Thick-billed Warbler ( Acrocephalus aedon )

Taxonomy Treatment : R

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IUCN Common Name (Eng) : Thick-billed Warbler
Scientific Name : Acrocephalus aedon (Pallas, 1776)
IUCN Redlist Species FactSheet for Thick-billed Warbler ( Acrocephalus aedon )

Species : aedon
Genus : Acrocephalus
Family : Sylviidae Order : Passeriformes

IUCN RedList Status : LC

IUCN RedList Criteria Version : 3.1
IUCN RedList Year Assessed : 2008
IUCN RedList Petitioned : N

Oriental Bird Club Checklist Draft Novemebr 2009

Family : SYLVIIDAE

Scientific Name : Acrocephalus aedon
Common Name : Thick-billed Warbler

IOC Checklist Difference : Iduna aedon

Bibliography

Bibliography of Thick-billed Warbler ( Acrocephalus aedon )
Number of Results found : 20

1. Harrop AHJ , (2007), Eastern promise: the arrival of far-eastern passerine vagrants in autumn., British Birds, 100: 105 - 111.

2. Craig Robson , (2005), Thick-billed Warbler (Acrocephalus aedon), BIRDS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA; New Holland Publishers Ltd, : 111.

3. D. I. Adelson & R. Purandare , (2004), Sighting of Thick-billed Warbler Phragmaticola aedon near Panchgani, Maharashtra, India, INDIAN BIRDS, 1:6: .

4. Woo-Shin Lee; Tae-Hoe Koo; Jin-Young Park , (2000), Thick-billed Warbler (Acrocephalus aedon stegmanni), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF KOREA; LG Evergreen Foundation,Korea, : .

5. Krys Kazmierczak; Ber van Perlo , (2000), Thick-billed Warbler (Acrocephalus aedon), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; Yale University Press, : 250.

6. K.Mullarney; L.Svensson; D.Zetterstrom; P.J.Grant , (1999), Thick-billed Warbler (Acrocephalus aedon), COLLINS BIRD GUIDE - BRITAIN & EUROPE; Collins, : 299.

7. Carol Inskipp; Tim Inskipp; Richard Grimmett , (1999), Thick-billed Warbler (Acrocephalus aedon), HELM FIELD GUIDES - BIRDS of BHUTAN; A&C Black, : 186.

8. Robson C; , (1999), India, Oriental Bird Club Bulletin, 29:: 51 - 52.

9. Salim Ali; S Dillon RipleyÂ , (1997), No. 1549. Thickbilled Warbler (Acrocephalus aedon aedon ) (Pallas), Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 8 (Warblers to Redstarts ): 97.

10. Kevin Baker; Jeff Baker , (1997), Thick-billed Warbler (Acrocephalus aedon), Warblers of Europe, Asia, and North Africa; Princeton University Press, : 195.

11. Nikander PJ; Lindroos T , (1995), Rare birds in Finland in 1994., Linnut, 30(6): 9 - 18.

12. Komi P , (1995), The Thick-billed Warbler for the first time in Finland., Linnut, 30(1): 19 - 20.

13. GRIEVE A , (1992), First record of Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon in Egypt., Sandgrouse, 14:2: 123 - 124.

14. Grieve, A. , (1992), First record of Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon in Egypt., Sandgrouse, 14: 123 - 124.

15. McWhirter, D. W. , (1988), Sight records of four bird species from the Philippines., Japanese Journal of Ornithology, 37: 83 - 84.

16. Watson, G. E. , (1985), Replacement name for Acrocephalus aedon rufescens (Stegmann)., Bulletin of British Ornithology Club, 105: 79.

17. Santharam V; , (1981), Some new records from Madras city, Newsletter for Birdwatchers, 21:3-4: 4 - 8.

18. Chattopadhyay S; , (1978), Occurrence of the Thickbilled Warbler Phragmaticola aedon rufescens Stegmann at Baj Baj, West Bengal, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 75:2: 491 - 492.

19. Ali S; , (1959), Additions to the birds of Kutch, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 56:3: 635.

20. Jerdon TC; , (1844), Supplement to the catalogue of birds of the peninsula of India, Madras Journal of Literature and Science, 14:Suppl. 2: 116 - 144.

Book Excerpts

The Birds of India - Vol - II Part - I (1863)

Thick-Billed Reed-Warbler (Arundinax olivaceus)

518. Arundinax olivaceus, Blyth.

Phragmaticola olivacea, Blyth, apud Jerdon, 2nd Suppl. Cat. No. 113 bis - Blyth, Cat. 1075 - Horsf., Cat. 514.

The Thick-billed Reed-warbler.

Descr. - Uniform olive-brown above, a little rufescent towards the tail; throat whitish, and the rest of the under parts tinged with fulvous brown ; lores pale.

Bill dark brown above ; fleshy yellow at base of lower mandible ; legs pale horny red, and toes fleshy grey; irides hazel. Length 8 inches ; wing 3 1/4 ; tail 3 3/4 ; bill at front 9/16 tarsus 1 1/10 ; extent 10 1/4.

I first procured this species in the Carnatic near Nellore, where, however, It is not very common; and Mr. Blyth subsequently obtained It tolerably abundant in the vicinity of Calcutta. It has also been procured in the Nepal Terai, and in Tenasserim, and probably frequents suitable localities over most parts of India. I presume that like the last it is migratory.

The Avifauna of British India and its dependencies - Vol I (1888)

Pallas'S Grass-Warbler (Lusciniola aedon)

315. Lusciniola aedon, (Pall.)

Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 121. Muscicapa aedon, Pall. Reis. Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 695. Phragmaticola olivacea, (Blyth) Jerd., Madr. Journ. xiii. pl. ii. p. 129. Arundinax olivaceus, Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 157, No. 518. Arundinax aedon, Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 234 ; Armstrong, Str. F, iv. p. 328; Hume and Dav., vi. p. 339; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 100. Arundinax a3don, Blyth, B, Burm. p. 104 ; Oates, Str. F. X. p. 215 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i, p. 98.-

Pallas's Grass-Warbler.

Upper parts fulvous olive brown, brightest on the rump; wing coverts, quills, and tail brown, all edged with fulvous olive brown externally; lores brown ; ear coverts and sides of the neck fulvous olive brown; no superciliary streak ; under surface buffish white, lighter on the chin, throat, and abdomen and suffused with russet brown on the flanks, vent and under tail coverts; axillaries and under wing coverts buff; upper mandible dark horny brown, lower flesh colour tipped with orange ; legs and feet plumbeous; claws horn colour.

Length.-7.7 inches; wing 3. to 3.3; tail 3.1 to 3.5 ; tarsus 1.1 ; culmen 0.7 to 0.8 ; from gape o 88 ; 2nd primary intermediate between 7th and 8th or equal to 7th.

Hab.- Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, the Carnatic, also Nepaul and British Burmah during winter. It is spread well over the whole of Northern India and British Burmah. In the latter, it has been found over the whole of Pegu, also in Arrakan, Tenasserim, and the Andamans. Breeds in S.-E. Siberia and North China. It is usually seen on reeds, in marshes, ponds, &c.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 1st Ed. Vol I (1889)

Thick-billed Warbler (Arundinax aedon)

393. Arundinax aedon.

The Thick-billed Warbler.

Muscicapa aedon, Pall. Reise, iii, p. 695 (1776). Phragamaticola olivacea, Blyth, Jerd. Madr. Journ. L. S. xiii, pt. ii, p. 129 (1844). Arundinax olivaceus (Blyth), Blyth, Cat. p. 181 ; Horsf. & 31. Cat. i, p. 331; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 157. Arundinax aedon (Pall.), Hume, S. F. ii, p. 234 ; Hume & Dav. S. F. vi, p. 339 ; Hume, Cat. no. 518; Oates, B. B. i, p. 98; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 202. Lusciniola aedon (Pall,), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 121.

The Thick-billed Reed- Warbler, Jerd.

Coloration. Upper plumage fulvous olive-brown, brightest on the rump; wing-coverts, quills, and tail brown, the first very broadly and the two latter narrowly edged with the colour of the back; lores whitish ; feathers round the eye pale fulvous; ear-coverts and sides of the head and neck like the back; no eye-stripe ; lower plumage buffish white, lighter on the chin, throat, and abdomen, and suffused with russet-brown on the flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts ; axillaries and under wing-coverts buff. In summer the lower parts are not so richly coloured.

The young have the russet-brown of the lower parts more pronounced than even the winter adult.

Upper mandible dark horn-colour, lower one flesh-colour; the tips of both and the gape tinged with orange ; mouth bright salmon-colour; iris umber-brown ; eyelids bright plumbeous ; legs and feet plumbeous ; claws horn-colour.

Length 7.7 ; tail 3.5; wing 3.1; tarsus 1.1; bill from gape .88; the first primary is very long, measuring nearly an inch in Length.

Distribution. A winter visitor to the eastern portion of the Empire, being found throughout Burma, the hill-ranges of Eastern Bengal, Cachar, Tipperah, Manipur, Assam, the Bhutan Doars, Sikhim, both British and Native, the Nepal Terai, and the greater part of Bengal. To the west it appears to be rare. Jerdon records it from the Carnatic, and 1 have examined a specimen procured at Bangalore.

In winter it extends down the Malay peninsula and throughout South-eastern Asia. It summers in North China and Siberia. Nothing is known of its nidification.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol II (1924)

Thick-billed Warbler (Phragmaticola aedon)

(839) Phragmaticola aedon.

The Thick-billed Warbler.

Muscicapa aedon Pall., Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, iiif p. 695 (1776) (Dauria). Arundinax aedon. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 390.

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. - Summer. Lores dull white; feathers round the eye fulvous ; whole upper plumage fulvous olive-brown, the concealed parts of the wing-feathers brown; the upper tail-covert are paler and more pure fulvous; lower plumage white or very pale fulvous, the breast generally suffused with buff and the flanks buff extending on to the sides of the abdomen ; under tail-coverts, axillaries and under wing-coverts buff.

Colours of soft parts. Iris brown ; " upper mandible dark horn-colour, lower one flesh-colour, the tips of both and the gape tinged with orange; mouth bright salmon-colour" (Oates); legs and feet plumbeous or dark horny-brown.

Measurements. Total length about 190 to 200 mm.; wing, d 73 to 83 mm. (86 mm., Hartert) 72 to 80 mm.; tail 78 to 87 mm.; tarsus 27 mm.; culmen 15 to 16 mm.

Young are more richly coloured above and below, with a faintly rufescent tinge on the former and a decided brown tinge on the latter.

Distribution. Breeding in South Siberia from Tomsk to Manchuria and North China. Wintering in Eastern Bengal, Nepal Terai, Bhutan Duars, Assam, Burma and Siam. It has also been recorded from the Carnatic and Bangalore.

Nidification. This Warbler is said to make a deep cup-shaped nest of dry grass, lined with finer grass or horse-hair, which it builds on a Willow or Birch bush one to five feet from the ground. The eggs number three to five and are very unusual. In colour they are a pale rosy-purple or violet, marked with very fine hairlines of black or deep purple. They measure about 23.0 x 16.5 mm. (Dresser).

Habits. In its breeding-haunts it is said to be a shy retiring bird, haunting humid and marshy places, covered with reeds, bushes or low trees. It has a fine song and a loud call-note, which Dresser syllabifies as tschok, tschok. In Burma and Assam, where it is quite common in winter, it is not nearly so shy, though, as it quietly clambers about in reeds, grass or low scrub, it does not attract much attention. It wanders freely into gardens and cultivated country as long as there is sufficient cover.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VII (1930)

Phragamaticola aedon

Phragamaticola aedon Pallas.

Muscicapa aedon Pallas, Reise Russ. Reiehs., vol. iii, p. 695, 1776: Dauria.

Phragamaticola olivacea Jerdon, Madr. Jour. Lit. Sci., vol. xiii, pt. 2, p. 129, Aug. 1845, ex Blyth MS.: Calcutta.

Arundinax olivaceus Blyth, J. A. S. B., vol. xiv, p. 595, after Aug. 29, 1849 : near Calcutta.

Museum Collections

Number of Museum Specimen Records Found : 10 for Acrocephalus aedon

No.	Museum	Species	Collection Deatils	Collector	Date of Collection	Record	Locality	GBIF Portal Link
1	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Acrocephalus aedon	MCZ BIRDS 34082	Davidson, W.	1875-12-09 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Aberdeen Andaman & Nicobar India Southern Asia	Link
2	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Acrocephalus aedon	MCZ BIRDS 86814	Primrose, A. M.	1901-11-30 00:00:00.0	Specimen	, S. Sylhet Sylhet Bangladesh Southern Asia	Link
3	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Acrocephalus aedon	MCZ BIRDS 86813	Primrose, A. M.	1902-11-30 00:00:00.0	Specimen	, S. Sylhet Sylhet Bangladesh Southern Asia	Link
4	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Acrocephalus aedon	MCZ BIRDS 141639	Primrose, A. M.	1905-06-10 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Goalpara Assam India Southern Asia	Link
5	Yale University Peabody Museum	Acrocephalus aedon	YPM ORN ORN.043202	G. E. Shaw	1920-01-01 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Calcutta District West Bengal State India Southern Asia	Link
6	Yale University Peabody Museum	Acrocephalus aedon	YPM ORN ORN.024508	N. G. Pillai	1952-01-22 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Travancore India Southern Asia	Link
7	Yale University Peabody Museum	Acrocephalus aedon	YPM ORN ORN.024507	N. G. Pillai	1952-04-10 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Travancore India Southern Asia	Link
8	Yale University Peabody Museum	Acrocephalus aedon	YPM ORN ORN.032033	N. G. Pillai	1954-04-15 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Shencottah Tirunelveli District Madras State India Southern Asia	Link
9	Yale University Peabody Museum	Acrocephalus aedon	YPM ORN ORN.071361	R. A. Paynter	1958-05-04 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Sylhet District Bangladesh Southern Asia	Link
10	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Acrocephalus aedon	MCZ BIRDS 185661	Paynter, R. A., Jr.	1958-05-09 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Baramchal Sylhet Bangladesh Southern Asia	Link

Biodiversity occurrence data provided by: (Accessed through GBIF Data Portal, 2009-08-06)

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Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ( 5 Records )

Yale University Peabody Museum ( 5 Records )

Sound/Call

3 calls found for Acrocephalus aedon

Remarks:
Call Type: call (no score)

Remarks:
Call Type: song (no score)

Remarks:
Call Type: song (A)

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