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Sylvia nana

Photo by Seyed Babak Mus
Near Jask, Iran, January, 2005

[edit] Identification

• Greyish-sandy back and head
• Whitish underparts
• Yellow eye
  

Sexes identical

[edit] Distribution

South central temperate Asia. Caspian Sea to Mongolia and western China; winters to north-eastern Africa and India

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Subspecies S. n. theresae is not recognised by all authorities^[2]

Formerly considered conspecific with the African Desert Warbler.

[edit] Habitat

Open desert plateau, farmland and woods.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects but it will also take berries.

[edit] Breeding

Four to six eggs are laid in a nest which is placed in a low shrub.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. Avian Web
5. BF Member observations

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