Australian Reed-warblerScientific name: Acrocephalus australis
Meaning of name: Acrocephalus is from the Greek words acros, meaning high, and cephale, meaning head. Australis is Latin for southern.
Aboriginal name: Koordjikotji (core’chee’caw’chee).
Distribution: Found in well-watered areas of Australia.
Description: Up to 18cm long with a 21cm wingspan.
Notes: The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 2,119 km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 7 years 0.8 months after being banded (information as at 20 June 2012).
The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.
References: What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us/science-and-research/76-publications-and-resources/103-conservation-science-wa-journal
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
Photograph courtesy of Peter White.
Photograph courtesy of Peter White.
Photograph courtesy of Gary Tate.
Photograph courtesy of Gary Tate.
This bird is near its nest which is hanging in the reeds.
Photograph courtesy of Gary Tate.
These young birds are standing on and above their nest. Photograph courtesy of P. Walker.
