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Garden Warbler
(Sylvia borin)
 German name(s): "Gartengrasmücke"
Size: 13-14.5 cm; wing span 20-24 cm
Weight: 16-22 g
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Physical description |
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Garden Warblers are small insectivore birds.
Their plumage
is plain which, together with their discreet habits, can make
them hard to locate. The two sexes are alike.
Garden Warblers have unstreaked olive-brown upperparts and dull
white underparts. The tip of the tail is a bit darker than the
rest of the upperparts and the tips of the primary flight feathers
are the darkest shade of grey.
They have thin, inconspicuous whitish eye-rings and faint pale
supercilia. The sides of the neck are grey, while the throat
and the flanks have a buff wash.
The irises are dark, legs and feet are bluish-grey.
The strong, short bill is grey, with a slightly darker grey upper
mandible compared to the lower one.
Race
"woodwardi"
is slightly larger and paler than nominate race
"borin".
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Garden
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 Garden Warbler is available
HERE
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There are 2 extant races of Garden Warblers, which are a strongly
migratory species.
Nominate race
"borin"
breeds in much of Europe.
Race
"woodwardi"
breeds further to the East, from eastern and south-eastern Europe
to temperate central Asia.
They overwinter in tropical to subtropical southern Africa (except South
Africa).
Anywhere in between tropical Africa and central Europe they are found
only on migration.
In Europe Garden Warblers, nominate race
"borin",
are summer breeding migrants to western, central and northern
Europe. They are also found basically all over Britain and in
small parts of Ireland. On the continent, their range extends
from the northern half of Iberia, all of central Europe north
of the Alps, Scandinavia except the Kola peninsula, up to
eastern Europe, to a line connecting roughly Finland with
Hungary and Bosnia.
Further to the East, race
"woodwardi"
is found.
Garden Warblers have a strong preference for forests and woodland
with tall trees and dense, shrubby undergrowth. They are often
found on the edges of wooded areas, in low, dense fringe growth,
or around clearings. They will also stay in parks and gardens with
such dense undergrowth.
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Sightings |
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Race "borin"
J. Pires reports spotting a Garden Warbler,
nominate race
"borin",
along the Sorraia River, Couco, Coruche, Portugal, in August 2022.
Another was found near Mora, Evora, Portugal, in September 2022.
Next, a Garden Warbler, race
"borin",
was captured and ringed near Cabranosa, Sagres, Algarve, Portugal,
in October 2022.
All sighting, photographic and audio information presented on this
page has kindly been contributed by J. Pires.
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Photos |
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Race "borin"
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ADULT |
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Frontal view of a Garden Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2022]
Frontal view of a Garden Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2022]
Near-frontal view of a Garden Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2022]
Near-lateral view of a Garden Warbler looking sideways
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2022]
Lateral view of a Garden Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2022]
Lateral/ventral view of a Garden Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2022]
Near-dorsal/ventral view of a Garden Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2022]
Dorsal view of a Garden Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Cabranosa, Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2022]
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Call(s)/Song |
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For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own; are welcome.
More Garden Warbler sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
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These pages are largely based on our own observations and those of our
contributors. The structure of these bird pages is explained HERE. For more salient facts on any bird species
please refer to a field guide.
Breeding
Nest
Eggs
Behaviour
Food
are welcome.