Reed Warblers in Spain
Our list for Spain has 4 reed warblers recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Spain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRecorded all year
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sedge Warbler 12–13 cm
- Moustached Warbler 12–13 cm
- Aquatic Warbler 12–13 cm
- Common Reed-warbler 13–14 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made

