Dusky Warbler

Phylloscopus fuscatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWetlandDomed nestTiny · 9 g

What the Dusky Warbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Dusky Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Call · Cabane Vauban (near Carolles), Manche, Normandie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Dusky Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Jochem Verweij · Call · Khurkh Bird Ringing Station, Биндэр, Хэнтий, Mongolia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Dusky Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Jochem Verweij · Call · Khurkh Bird Ringing Station, Биндэр, Хэнтий, Mongolia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Dusky Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Dusky Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 39 countries with regular records, and 11 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Finland, Spain, Ireland, Türkiye, Luxembourg, Czechia, Mexico, Iran, Cyprus, Ukraine.

About the Dusky Warbler

The dusky warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in the east Palearctic. The genus name Phylloscopus is from Ancient Greek phullon, "leaf", and skopos, "seeker". The specific fuscatus is from Latin fuscus "dark".

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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