The bearded reedling is a small yellow-brown bird living in reeds, who can be easily recognised by its long tail and a characteristic ‘ticking’ call. They have a light-coloured yellow-orange tail with a white edge and wings with black stripes. They live in riverside shrubs and the reed-beds or thickets near a swamping waterbody. They fly low above the reed and jump around between the reeds. Their nests are with a complex structure and they build them on tufts in reed thickets or dry broken plant stems. Their chicks do not leave the nest before they are about two weeks old. Bearded reedling feed on a variety of invertebrates, mainly insects and spiders; very rarely on seeds. Therefore, bearded reedlings are important in the destruction of different insects that feed on plants and other prey.