reed warbler

reed warbler (plural reed warblers)

1. A species of warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, native to Eurasia. [from 18th c.]
   • 2016, Rob Yarham, The Guardian, 12 July:

     Familiar summer-morning bird song rises from the trees, reeds and bushes – song thrush, wren, reed bunting and the rhythmic, steady, repeated “chit-chit-chit” of a reed warbler.

2. Any of various similar Old World birds of the same genus, especially the great reed warbler (A. arundinaceus) and the clamorous reed warbler (A. stentoreus).