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Cetti's Warbler
(Cettia cetti)
German name(s): "Seidensänger"
Size: 13-14 cm
Weight: 15 g (male); 12 g (female), averages
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Similar species |
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Physical description |
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Cetti's Warblers are small warblers. Both sexes look alike.
Of all the Eurasian warblers, Cetti's Warbler is the only one
with chestnut hues in its
plumage.
They have an off-white throat patch and straight off-white
supercilia which, together with slim eye-rings, combine to
their characteristic facial pattern. The ear coverts and
the front are brownish-grey, while the upperparts, from
frons to tail, including the wings, are greyish chestnut-brown.
The irises are dark-brown, while the short bill has a dark-grey
upper mandible and a horn-coloured lower one.
The legs and feet are pinkish-grey.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Cetti's
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 based
on sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to the
ebird.org
website.
The global distribution of Cetti's Warbler is available
HERE
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Their overall distribution ranges from a broad area in
near-coastal north-western Africa, via western and
southern Europe, into south-eastern Europe, Asia Minor,
parts of the (near-coastal) Middle East and parts of
Iran and Iraq into south-western and central Asia,
up to Kazachstan, with a few reports from north-western
India. Thereby, practically their entire range is limited
between 30 and 50 degrees northern latitude.
They are generally absent from the major Eurasian deserts
and high mountain ranges and do not reach most of the
Indian subcontinent.
In Europe Cetti's Warblers are almost entirely sedentary.
They are present in all of Iberia and otherwise around the
(near-)coastal fringe of the northern Mediterranean Sea
(including all of Italy and Greece), and northward along
the West coast of France towards Belgium and the Netherlands
up to the Ijsselmeer, and also in the South and Centre of
England and in Wales.
They are also present on all Mediterranean islands.
In the South-east their range extends along the West coast
of the Black Sea as well, up to the border of Romania with
Ukraine.
Cetti's Warblers have a preference for dense shrubbery, also
dry reeds, near water, but not standing in water. This
vegetation may be in small clumps, but must be dense.
They rarely venture out into more open country.
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Sightings |
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J. Pires reports spotting Cetti's Warblers
semi-regularly in the area from Mora, Evora, Portugal to the Tejo
estuary and along the Sorraia River, in Coruche, Santarem, Portugal.
All sighting, photographic and audio information presented on this page
has been kindly contributed by J. Pires.
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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PAIR |
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Pair of Cetti's Warblers by the bank of a stream
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, July 2018]
Frontal view of a Cetti's Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2019]
Frontal view of a Cetti's Warbler issuing its
call
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2019]
View from above onto a Cetti's Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Cetti's Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2015]
Lateral view of a Cetti's Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2019]
Lateral view of a Cetti's Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, September 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Cetti's Warbler
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, August 2019]
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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 Cetti's 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.