Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Yves Bas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Yves Bas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Samuel GUIRAUDOU, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda), photo 9 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Marmora's Warbler (Curruca sarda), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Julien Fougeroux, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Marmora's Warbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Marmora's Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Tanguy Loïs · Song · Arrondissement de Corte (near Corte), Haute-Corse, Corsica, France · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

These are small, long tailed, large-headed birds, overall very similar to their close relatives in the Dartford warbler group. Marmora's warblers are grey above and below, lacking the brick-red underparts of the Dartford warbler. Adult males have darker patches on the forehead and between the eye and the pointed bill. The legs and iris are red. The song is a fast rattle. Immature birds can be confused with young Dartford warblers, which are also grey below, but Marmora's have a paler throat. Their iris is dark.

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When to see the Marmora's Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Marmora's Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 5 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.

France Italy Tunisia Algeria

Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands.

About the Marmora's Warbler

Marmora's warbler is a species of passerine bird in the Sylviidae family. The specific sarda is a Latin feminine form for a person from Sardinia.

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Easily confused with

Brown ParisomaCurruca lugensThe brown parisoma or brown warbler is an Old World warbler of the family Sylviidae found in eastern Africa.

Balearic WarblerCurruca balearicaThe Balearic warbler is a warbler species of the genus Curruca.

Tristram's WarblerCurruca deserticolaTristram's warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae.

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