Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
Moustached Warbler, Catalunya, Spain, May 2022 - click for larger image Spain
May 2022

The nominate sub-species is distributed in southern Europe to eastern Ukraine and into north-west Africa. The other two sub-species further to the east into Asia migrate south in the winter. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.

Moustached Warbler, Catalunya, Spain, May 2022 - click for larger image It is found in reed beds and likes to hop along low down where it also builds its nest. It is similar to Sedge Warbler A. schoenobaenus but has a whiter and squarer supercilium and a shorter primary projection.

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