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What the Sykes's Warbler sounds like
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It is a small warbler, especially compared to others in their genus. They are pale brown above and whitish below with buff flanks. The outer tail feathers have pale edges. They have a short pale supercilium, and the bill is strong and pointed. Sykes's warbler is larger and greyer than the booted warbler, and most resembles an eastern olivaceous warbler.
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When to see the Sykes's Warbler
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sykes's Warbler
The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 6 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 Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway, Israel, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia.
About the Sykes's Warbler
Sykes's warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the booted warbler, but is now considered a full species. Its breeding range is from northeast Arabia to Turkestan, west China and Afghanistan. Like the booted warbler, many populations of the species migrate in winter to the Indian subcontinent as far south as Sri Lanka.
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Easily confused with
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.
Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opacaThe western olivaceous warbler, also known as the isabelline warbler, is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon.
Mountain Yellow WarblerIduna similisThis is a medium-sized bird with an olive and yellow coloration throughout the plumage.
Side by side: Eastern Olivaceous Warbler vs Sykes's Warbler · Booted Warbler vs Sykes's Warbler · African Yellow Warbler vs Sykes's Warbler
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