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[[Image:Orphean1a.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|ammadoux|ammadoux}} <br />Desert tree- jeddah, [[Saudi Arabia]], March, 2011]] | [[Image:Orphean1a.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|ammadoux|ammadoux}} <br />Desert tree- jeddah, [[Saudi Arabia]], March, 2011]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | The adult males have a plain grey back and whitish underparts. The bill is long and pointed and the legs black. The male has a dark grey head, black eye mask and white throat; the iris | + | The adult males have a plain grey back and whitish underparts. The bill is long and pointed and the legs black. The male has a dark grey head, black eye mask and white throat; the iris may be white but is dark in most individuals. Females and immatures have a paler head and buff underparts; the iris is dark in many if not most. Their grey back has a brownish tinge. |
====Similar species==== | ====Similar species==== | ||
More varied song, pinker belly, and sometimes more strongly marked hood than the very similar [[Western Orphean Warbler]]. | More varied song, pinker belly, and sometimes more strongly marked hood than the very similar [[Western Orphean Warbler]]. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
4-6 eggs are laid in a nest in a bush or tree. Like most warblers, Eastern Orphean Warbler is insectivorous. Migratory. | 4-6 eggs are laid in a nest in a bush or tree. Like most warblers, Eastern Orphean Warbler is insectivorous. Migratory. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=198385 Birdforum thread] discussing some aspects of id of Eastern Orphean Warbler | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Sylvia+crassirostris}} | {{GSearch|Sylvia+crassirostris}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sylvia]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sylvia]] | ||
Revision as of 20:29, 27 April 2011
- Sylvia crassirostris
Identification
The adult males have a plain grey back and whitish underparts. The bill is long and pointed and the legs black. The male has a dark grey head, black eye mask and white throat; the iris may be white but is dark in most individuals. Females and immatures have a paler head and buff underparts; the iris is dark in many if not most. Their grey back has a brownish tinge.
Similar species
More varied song, pinker belly, and sometimes more strongly marked hood than the very similar Western Orphean Warbler.
Distribution
Breeds in the eastern Mediterranean (from Slovenia east) through the Balkan peninsula to Turkey, the Middle East, Turkmenistan, Iran, Pakistan to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies recognized:
- S. c. jerdoni in Pakistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
- S. c. balchanica in Iran, Turkmenistan and Transcaspia
- S. c. crassirostris in the E Mediterranean, Turkey and the Middle East
This species was formerly lumped with Western Orphean Warbler to Orphean Warbler.
Habitat
Open deciduous woodland.
Behaviour
4-6 eggs are laid in a nest in a bush or tree. Like most warblers, Eastern Orphean Warbler is insectivorous. Migratory.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Birdforum thread discussing some aspects of id of Eastern Orphean Warbler
