Cape Verde warbler

Weight

16 g – 16.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

2.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The cape verde warbler is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyAcrocephalidae
6. genusAcrocephalus
7. SpeciesAcrocephalus brevipennis (Keulemans, 1866)

Synonyms Calamodyta brevipennis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Great reed warbler

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Acrocephalidae

LC, Least Concern

Common reed warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Acrocephalidae

LC, Least Concern

Sedge warbler

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Acrocephalidae

VU, Vulnerable

Aquatic warbler

Acrocephalus paludicola

Acrocephalidae

LC, Least Concern

Marsh warbler

Acrocephalus palustris

Acrocephalidae

LC, Least Concern

Blyth's reed warbler

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Acrocephalidae

CompareCape Verde warbler vs Great reed warblerCape Verde warbler vs Common reed warblerCape Verde warbler vs Sedge warblerCape Verde warbler vs Aquatic warbler

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@misc{cape_verde_warbler_2026,
  title = {Cape Verde warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cape-verde-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}