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It is a typical Curruca warbler, similar in size but slimmer than the Sardinian warbler. The adults have a plain grey back and paler grey underparts. The bill is fine and pointed, with brown legs and red eyes. The striking male has a black head and, usually, a black throat, separated by a white malar streak ("moustache"). Females have a pale throat, and the head is grey rather than black. Their grey back has a brownish tinge. The song is a slower, deeper rattle than that of the Sardinian warbler.
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When to see the Rüppell's Warbler
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rüppell's Warbler
The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 3 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 France, United Kingdom, Algeria.
About the Rüppell's Warbler
Rüppell's warbler is a passerine bird of the genus Curruca. It breeds in Greece, Turkey and neighbouring islands. It is migratory, wintering in northeast Africa. This is a rare vagrant to western Europe. The name is occasionally cited as "Rueppell's warbler".
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Easily confused with
Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystaceaThe Menetries's warbler is 12 to 14 cm long with a wingspan of 15 to 19 cm and weighs about 9-11 grams.
Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nanaThe Asian desert warbler is an Old World warbler which breeds in the deserts of central and western Asia and the extreme east of Europe, and migrating to similar habitats in southwestern Asia and the far northeast of Africa in winter.
Banded ParisomaCurruca boehmiThe banded parisoma, banded tit warbler or banded warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae.
Side by side: Menetries's Warbler vs Rüppell's Warbler
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