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Barred Warbler
(Sylvia nisoria)
 German name(s): "Sperbergrasmücke"
Size: 15.5-17 cm
Weight: 22-36 g
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Physical description |
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Barred Warblers are small insectivore birds. Their
plumage is
cryptic.
Male
Barred Warblers have an off-white front from chin to
undertail coverts that is prominently barred grey-brown,
similar to some raptors. The rest of the head and the
back, including the tail, are grey. The wing feathers
are brownish-grey, with white tips on some of the coverts.
Female
Barred Warblers (and first-year males) have a white chin patch
and an otherwise off-white to ivory front, with some grey-brown
barring, particularly on the flanks and undertail coverts.
The chest shows little barring; there is no barring on the
belly and vent. They have inconspicuous short grey supercilia
that only extend to just behind the eyes. Otherwise the head
and the back are grey, with a brownish tint mostly on the
wing coverts, which can have variable degrees of light-grey
to brownish-grey edge lining.
Males
have bright-yellow irises, while
females
have dull-yellow irises. The straight, pointed bill has a grey
upper mandible and a horn-coloured lower mandible with a grey tip.
The legs and feet are grey.
Juvenile
birds have a more brownish-grey front
and a grey-brown back, with more pronounced edge lining of
the wing feathers than adults.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Barred
Warbler at Wikipedia  .
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
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and range
The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and
specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found,
based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to
ebird.org
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The global distribution of the Barred Warbler is available
HERE
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Barred Warblers are a migratory species. Many distinguish
between two races,
"nisoria", and "merzbacheri"; others consider the two to
be one race.
Most of their breeding range, which spans from Iceland, the
British Isles and central Europe to central Asia,
is occupied by race "nisoria".
Race "merzbacheri" occupies the eastern-most part of the
breeding range in central Asia (Mongolia).
Barred Warblers spend the northern winters in tropical eastern
Africa.
During their migration they can be found basically anywhere
between breeding and winter range, e.g. in Asia Minor, the
Middle East, south-west Asia and Arabia.
In Europe Barred Warblers are found only eastward of roughly
central Germany and the Alps, from the southern Scandinavian
coastline in the North to the Balkans and the Black Sea
coastline and the Caucasus in the South. Their breeding
range stretches farther eastward, into mid-latitude western
Asia.
During their migration they can also be found farther southward,
from eastern Greece to the lower-lying areas around the Caucasus.
Barred Warblers have a preference for habitats with some
vegetation (shrubs, trees) with suitable perches, from which
they hawk for insects into open areas. They nest in dense
shrubs or thickets.
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Sightings |
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Race "nisoria"
S. Cuturilov found a Barred Warbler, nominate race
"nisoria",
near Temerin, Serbia, in May 2016.
D. Wilczynska reports spotting Barred Warblers, nominate race
"nisoria",
near Jelonki, Masovia, Poland, in July 2016.
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Photos |
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Race "nisoria"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
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Lateral view of a male Barred Warbler calling
(photo courtesy of S. Cuturilov)
[Near Temerin, Serbia, May 2016]
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FEMALE |
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Dorsal view of a female Barred Warbler calling
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Jelonki, Masovia, Poland, July 2016]
Dorsal view of a female Barred Warbler
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Jelonki, Masovia, Poland, July 2016]
Dorsal view of a female Barred Warbler
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Jelonki, Masovia, Poland, July 2016]
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Breeding
Nest
Eggs
Behaviour
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