Oriental Reed Warbler

The Oriental reed warbler is a large warbler, 18–20 centimetres long with a wingspan of 23–26 centimetres. The plumage is brown above with a paler rump and whitish tips to the tail feathers, whitish below and browner on the flanks and undertail-coverts, with narrow greyish streaks on the throat and breast. It has a dark eyestripe and a whitish stripe above the eye. The fairly long, heavy bill is brownish above and pink below with a bright orange gape. It is slightly smaller, slenderer and shorter-winged than the great reed warbler. (Wikipedia, general species account)

The breeding range covers southern Siberia, Mongolia, northern, central and eastern China, Korea and Japan. The species winters in northeast India and across Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Indonesia, occasionally reaching New Guinea and Australia, and has occurred as a vagrant in Israel and Kuwait. It breeds mainly in reedbeds and can also be found in marshes, paddy fields, grassland and scrub, where it forages for insects and other invertebrates. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the great reed warbler. (Wikipedia, general species account)