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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Acrocephalus (reed-warblers) 

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Sylviidae

The 36 species are distributed through Eurasia and Africa, with eight species occurring in southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Great reed-warbler) 

Acrocephalus baeticatus (African reed-warbler, African marsh-warbler) 

Acrocephalus gracilirostris (Lesser swamp-warbler, Cape reed-warbler) 

Acrocephalus griseldis (Basra reed-warbler) 

 

Acrocephalus palustris (Marsh warbler, European marsh-warbler) 

Acrocephalus rufescens (Greater swamp-warbler) 

 

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Sedge warbler, European sedge-warbler) 

Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Eurasian reed-warbler, European reed-warbler)