Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies
River Warbler
Locustella fluviatilis
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies (Locustellidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The river warbler (Locustella fluviatilis) is an Old World warbler in the genus Locustella. It breeds in eastern and central Europe and is migratory, wintering in inland southern Africa, from around the Zambezi River south to the vicinity of Pretoria in South Africa.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds central and eastern Europe to western Siberia; winters in eastern Africa.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malawi
- Moldova
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Palestine
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Vatican City
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: River warbler
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
