Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Acrocephalus [baeticatus or avicenniae] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Hermanrietsanger (Mangliet)
Arabic: هازجة القصب الأوروبية (avicenniae)
Asturian: Carranchín común (avicenniae)
Azerbaijani: Çəmən qamışcılı (avicenniae yarımnövü)
Belarusian: Мангравая чаротаўка
Bulgarian: Блатно шаварче (ssp. avicenniae)
Catalan: Boscarla de canyar (avicenniae), Boscarla dels manglars
Czech: Rákosník mangrovníkový, rákosník obecný (ssp. avicenniae)
Welsh: Telor mangrof
Danish: Mangroverørsanger, Rørsanger, Mangrove (ssp. avicenniae)
German: Mangroverohrsänger, Teichrohrsänger (avicenniae)
Greek: Καλαμοποταμίδα (avicenniae)
English: African Reed-Warbler (Mangrove), Common Reed Warbler (Mangrove), Eurasian Reed Warbler (Mangrove), Mangrove Reed Warbler, Mangrove Reed-Warbler, Mangrove Warbler
English (Avilist): Common Reed Warbler (Mangrove)
English, HBW: Common Reed-warbler (Mangrove)
English (IOC): Eurasian Reed Warbler (Mangrove)
English (Kenya): African Reed Warbler (Mangrove)
English (United States): Eurasian Reed Warbler (Mangrove)
Esperanto: Mangla kanbirdo, Mangrova kanbirdo
Spanish: Carricero Común (avicenniae), Carricero de manglar
Spanish (Spain): Carricero Común (avicenniae)
Spanish (HBW): Eurasian Reed Warbler (Mangrove)
Estonian: Mangroovi-roolind
Basque: Lezkari arrunta (avicenniae)
Persian: سسک نیزار معمولی (avicenniae)
Finnish: rytikerttunen (avicenniae)
Faroese: Royljómari (avicenniae)
French: Rousserolle africaine (des mangroves), Rousserolle des mangroves, Rousserolle effarvatte (avicenniae)
French (Guyane): Rousserolle effarvatte (avicenniae)
Frisian: Mangrovekarrekyt
Irish: Ceolaire na manghróbh
Galician: Folosa das canaveiras (avicenniae), Folosa do mangue
Hebrew: קנית קטנה (מנגרובים)
Croatian: Mangrovski trstenjak, trstenjak cvrkutić (avicenniae)
Armenian: Եղեգնուտի եղեգնաթռչնակ (avicenniae)
Icelandic: Sefsöngvari (avicenniae)
Italian: Cannaiola delle mangrove
Japanese (romaji): afurikayoshikiri (avicenniae), yo-roppayoshikiri (avicenniae)
Japanese: アフリカヨシキリ (avicenniae), ヨーロッパヨシキリ (avicenniae), ヨーロッパヨシキリ（avicenniae）
Kazakh: Қамыс айқабағы (avicenniae)
Kirghiz: Камыш айкабак (Mangrove)
Scientific: Acrocephalus avicennaie, Acrocephalus avicenniae, Acrocephalus baeticatus avicenniae, Acrocephalus dumetorum avicenniae, Acrocephalus scirpaceus avicenniae, Herbicola dumetorum avicenniae, Notiocichla avicenniae, Sollicitus scirpaceus avicenniae
Lithuanian: Mažoji krakšlė (avicenniae)
Dutch: Kleine Karekiet (avicenniae), Kortvleugelkarakiet (avicenniae), Mangrovekarekiet
Norwegian: Mangrovesanger, rørsanger (avicenniae)
Polish: trzcinniczek (avicenniae), Trzcinniczek mangrowy
Portuguese: Rouxinol-dos-mangais
Portuguese (Angola): Rouxinol-dos-caniços-euroasiático (avicenniae)
Portuguese (Portugal): Rouxinol-pequeno-dos-caniços (avicenniae)
Rhaeto-Romance: Channarel da mangrova
Romanian: Lăcar de mangrovă, Lăcar de stuf (avicenniae)
Russian: Тростниковая камышевка (avicenniae)
Slovak: trsteniarik mangrovový, trsteniarik mangrovový (skup.)
Slovenian: Mangrovska trstnica, Srpična trstnica (avicenniae)
Albanian: Bilbilthi i kallamave (avicenniae)
Serbian: Trstenjak cvrkutić (avicenniae)
Swedish: Mangrovesångare, rörsångare (avicenniae)
Turkish: Saz Kamışçını (avicenniae)
Ukrainian: Очеретянка (ставкова) мангрова, Очеретянка ставкова (підвид avicenniae)
Chinese: 芦苇莺 (avicenniae)