English: Clamorous Reed Warbler, Egyptian Reed Warbler, Southern Great Reed Warbler
Russian: Туркестанская камышевка          
Mongolian: Өмнөдийн охилбялзуухай
German: Stentorrohrsanger
French: Rousserolle stentor
Japanese: チュウヨシキリ (Chu-yoshikiri)   

Body length: 16-18 cm.

Breeds in dense stands of papyrus, secondarily also in reedbeds, bulrushes, maize and other dense vegetation tall enough to hide a person, in association with water or at least marshland. Within the region mostly resident. Nest similar to Great Reed Warbler’s.

Identification: Resembles Great Reed Warbler in size, song and habitat (although, unlike Great Reed, prefers papyrus if offered a choice), but differs in several ways in terms of shape and plumage details. Clamorous Reed gives a different impression owing to its shorter, rounded wings (i.e. has short primary projection), longer and more rounded tail and somewhat longer and, especially narrower bill. Differences in proportions are visible not least in flight, when it looks shorter-bodied. Brown above, roughly similar to Great Reed, but generally darker below. In addition, a less common dark (melanistic) morph occurs in Middle East, as well as intermediates. Usually upperparts are rather dark red-brown and underparts shabby brownish-buff with just slightly paler throat (colors can recall Savi’s Warbler rather than Great Reed). The Buff-white supercilium is at times shorter and in particular narrower and thereby less prominent than on Great Reed, and lores and eye-stripe are not so dark. Dark individuals often lack supercilium altogether, also have darker bill (almost like young Starlings). Legs greyish.