Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAcrocephalidae (Reed Warblers and Allies)
- GenusAcrocephalus (Reed Warblers)
- SpeciesAcrocephalus gracilirostris (Lesser Swamp Warbler)
Closest Relatives at Murchison Falls National Park
Eurasian Reed-Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Greater Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus rufescens
Great Reed-Warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna pallida
African Yellow-Warbler
Iduna natalensis
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Silverbird
Empidornis semipartitus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Lesser Swamp Warbler in Murchison Falls National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Lesser Swamp Warbler sighting in Murchison Falls National Park, based on 14 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Lesser Swamp Warbler in Murchison Falls National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Lesser Swamp Warbler in Murchison Falls National Park in our monthly data.