Sylviidae
Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
This is a detailed description of the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), covering its physical traits, moult, distribution, migration, and habitat.
Sylvia borin (Boddaert, 1783)
Sylvia borin (Boddaert, 1783)
Sylvia borin, the garden warbler, is a migratory plain warbler breeding across Eurasia and wintering in sub-Saharan Africa.
Lioptilus nigricapillus (Vieillot, 1818)
Lioptilus nigricapillus (Vieillot, 1818)
Bush blackcap is a threatened Sylviidae bird species endemic to South Africa and Eswatini.
Curruca cantillans (Pallas, 1764)
Curruca cantillans (Pallas, 1764)
Curruca cantillans, the eastern subalpine warbler, is a small insectivorous Sylviidae warbler that breeds in southern Europe.
Curruca subalpina (Temminck, 1820)
Curruca subalpina (Temminck, 1820)
Moltoni's warbler (Curruca subalpina) is a small passerine bird distinguished from Western subalpine warbler by plumage and faster higher-pitched song.
Sylvia undata (Boddaert, 1783)
Sylvia undata (Boddaert, 1783)
The Dartford warbler is a small rare passerine bird native to Europe and northern Africa, with distinct male and female plumage.
Sylvia sarda Temminck, 1820
Sylvia sarda Temminck, 1820
Sylvia sarda (Marmora's warbler) is a small grey Mediterranean island warbler that is insectivorous.
Sylvia conspicillata Temminck, 1820
Sylvia conspicillata Temminck, 1820
The spectacled warbler is a small passerine warbler that breeds around the Mediterranean and Atlantic islands.
Sylvia communis Latham, 1787
Sylvia communis Latham, 1787
The common whitethroat, Sylvia communis, is a Curruca warbler with distinct plumage between sexes, found in open European countryside.
Curruca iberiae (Svensson, 2013)
Curruca iberiae (Svensson, 2013)
Curruca iberiae, the western subalpine warbler, is a small migratory Sylviidae warbler breeding in southern Europe and northwest Africa.
Curruca melanocephala (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Curruca melanocephala (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Curruca melanocephala, the Sardinian warbler, is a common Mediterranean sylviid warbler with distinct male and female plumage.
Sylvia ruppeli Temminck, 1823
Sylvia ruppeli Temminck, 1823
Rüppell's warbler is a slender Curruca warbler that lives in dry Mediterranean and arid habitats.
Sylvia mystacea Ménétriés, 1832
Sylvia mystacea Ménétriés, 1832
Menetries's warbler is a small migratory passerine bird found across southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa.
Sylvia deserticola Tristram, 1859
Sylvia deserticola Tristram, 1859
Tristram's warbler is an Old World warbler species in the Sylviidae family, found in North Africa and Western Sahara, living in subtropical dry shrubland.
Sylvia nana (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)
Sylvia nana (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)
The Asian desert warbler is a small Old World warbler that breeds in western and central Asian deserts and winters further south.
Sylvia deserti (Loche, 1858)
Sylvia deserti (Loche, 1858)
Sylvia deserti is a small non-migratory warbler that lives and breeds in northwestern African deserts.
Sylvia crassirostris Cretzschmar, 1830
Sylvia crassirostris Cretzschmar, 1830
The eastern Orphean warbler is a large migratory typical Old World warbler that breeds across the Mediterranean to Central Asia.
Sylvia hortensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Sylvia hortensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Sylvia hortensis, the western Orphean warbler, is a large typical warbler that lives in open deciduous woodland and feeds on insects.
Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus, 1758)
The lesser whitethroat is a small migratory Old World warbler that breeds across temperate Eurasia and winters in Africa, Arabia, and India.
Curruca subcoerulea (Vieillot, 1817)
Curruca subcoerulea (Vieillot, 1817)
Chestnut-vented warbler (Curruca subcoerulea) is a 14-15 cm grey songbird with a distinctive bright chestnut vent.
Sylvia layardi (Hartlaub, 1862)
Sylvia layardi (Hartlaub, 1862)
Layard's warbler is an Old World warbler in Sylviidae found in southern Africa's subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Sylvia nisoria (Bechstein, 1792)
Sylvia nisoria (Bechstein, 1792)
The barred warbler is a large migratory Sylviidae warbler that breeds across Eurasia and winters in eastern Africa.
Chamaea fasciata (Gambel, 1845)
Chamaea fasciata (Gambel, 1845)
Chamaea fasciata, the wrentit, is a small non-migratory coastal west North American bird with a distinctive call.
Psittiparus gularis (G.R.Gray, 1845)
Psittiparus gularis (G.R.Gray, 1845)
The grey-headed parrotbill (Psittiparus gularis) is a Sylviidae parrotbill native to eastern Asia, living in moist montane forests.
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