About the Booted Warbler
The booted warbler is a species of passerine bird belonging to the family Acrocephalidae, the reed and tree warblers. This species breeds in Eastern Europe and western Asia, wintering in south Asia. it is a regular vagrant to Western Europe.
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ID tip
The booted warbler is a small species of warbler, similar in size to a common chiffchaff. It has an undistinguished plumage which is plain greyish brown on the upperparts and paler on the underparts. There is a clear, pale supercilium and a short bill with a dark tip. The jizz shown is of a short-winged rather pot-bellied warbler with a square-tipped tail. This species and Sykes's warbler are challenging to identify.
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What the Booted Warbler sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Germany, Spain, France, Taiwan, Portugal, Japan, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czechia, Luxembourg.
When to see it
Peak activity in January · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallidaIt is a medium-sized warbler, more like a very pale reed warbler than its relative the melodious warbler.
Sykes's WarblerIduna ramaIt is a small warbler, especially compared to others in their genus.
African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensisThe African yellow warbler is a medium-sized warbler in which the whole of the upperparts and tail are yellowish-brown, with a slightly browner crown and yellower rump.
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