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[[Image:RuppellsWarbler2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Nigel+Kiteley|Nigel Kiteley}} <br />[[Lesvos]], Greece, 30 April 2009]]
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[[Image:Rueppells_Warbler.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by RAY H]]
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'''Alternative names: Rueppell's Warbler'''
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;[[:Category:Curruca|Curruca]] ruppeli
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''Sylvia ruppeli''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Alternate common name(s): Ruppell's Warbler
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[[Image:Femalerueppells.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female, black-spotted throat<br /> Photo &copy; by {{user|Scottishdude|Scottishdude}} <br />[[Lesvos]], Greece, April 2007]]
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==brief note==
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14 cam (5½ in); A typical warbler of the genus [[:Category:Sylvia|''Sylvia'']]. <br />
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I saw a male of this species singing in an incredibly small bush (no more than two feet high) in Cyprus in April 2004. It is a very handsome, quite unmistakable bird with a black head bisected by a white moustachial stripe. It's song was, to me, typically Mediterranean Sylvia, short and scratchy.
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'''Adult'''<br />
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*Plain grey back
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*Paler grey underparts
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*Fine pointed bill
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*Brown legs<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Black head
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*Normally shows a black throat, separated by a white [[Topography#Heads|malar]] streak ("moustache"). *Red eye<br />
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'''Female''' variable:
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*Pale throat - some have black spots
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*Head is grey rather than black.
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*Brownish tinge to grey back
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*Spotted breast recalls [[Cyprus Warbler]].
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====Similar Species====
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Slimmer than the similar [[Sardinian Warbler]], and the song is slower and deeper.
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:IMG 3984a.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Female, plain throat<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Orvany24|Orvany24}}<br />Tel-Aviv, [[Israel]], Spring 2019]]
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They breed (April to September) in southern [[Greece]], western [[Turkey]] and neighbouring islands. One noted site is on the coast road between Petra and Molivos on the Greek island of [[Lesvos]].
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This is a rare vagrant to western [[Europe]].
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup><br />
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Scientific name sometimes spelled ''Sylvia rueppelli'' but that is an unwarranted emendation of the original<sup>[[#References|[3]]]</sup> and no longer accepted.<br />
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Some authors place this and other ''Sylvia'' warbler species in the genus ''Curruca''<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
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Breeds in warm and dry scrubby areas on rocky areas and hillsides.
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==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
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Their clutch contains 4-6 eggs which are laid in a nest in a bush.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of adult and larval insects and arthropods, with berries being eaten outside of the breeding season.
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====Vocalisation====
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Slower, deeper rattle than the [[Sardinian Warbler]].
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====Movements====
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They winter in north east [[Africa]].
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#{{Ref-HM04.1}}#Aymí, R. & Gargallo, G. (2019). Rüppell's Warbler ''(Sylvia ruppeli''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58970 on 24 May 2019).
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#[https://www.beautyofbirds.com/rueppellswarblers.html Avian Web]
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#[https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=141862 Birdforum thread discussing identifications of female Rüppell's Warbler]
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''Originally posted by '''Surreybirder'''''
 
 
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=sylvia+rueppelli+ View more images of Rueppell's Warbler in the gallery]
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Latest revision as of 09:23, 30 April 2023

Male
Photo © by Nigel Kiteley
Lesvos, Greece, 30 April 2009

Alternative names: Rueppell's Warbler

Curruca ruppeli

Sylvia ruppeli

Identification

Female, black-spotted throat
Photo © by Scottishdude
Lesvos, Greece, April 2007

14 cam (5½ in); A typical warbler of the genus Sylvia.
Adult

  • Plain grey back
  • Paler grey underparts
  • Fine pointed bill
  • Brown legs

Male

  • Black head
  • Normally shows a black throat, separated by a white malar streak ("moustache"). *Red eye

Female variable:

  • Pale throat - some have black spots
  • Head is grey rather than black.
  • Brownish tinge to grey back
  • Spotted breast recalls Cyprus Warbler.

Similar Species

Slimmer than the similar Sardinian Warbler, and the song is slower and deeper.

Distribution

Female, plain throat
Photo © by Orvany24
Tel-Aviv, Israel, Spring 2019

They breed (April to September) in southern Greece, western Turkey and neighbouring islands. One noted site is on the coast road between Petra and Molivos on the Greek island of Lesvos.

This is a rare vagrant to western Europe.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.[1]
Scientific name sometimes spelled Sylvia rueppelli but that is an unwarranted emendation of the original[3] and no longer accepted.
Some authors place this and other Sylvia warbler species in the genus Curruca[2].

Habitat

Breeds in warm and dry scrubby areas on rocky areas and hillsides.

Behaviour

Breeding

Their clutch contains 4-6 eggs which are laid in a nest in a bush.

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of adult and larval insects and arthropods, with berries being eaten outside of the breeding season.

Vocalisation

Slower, deeper rattle than the Sardinian Warbler.

Movements

They winter in north east Africa.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Christidis et al. 2018. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, version 4.1 (Downloadable checklist). Accessed from https://www.howardandmoore.org.
  3. Aymí, R. & Gargallo, G. (2019). Rüppell's Warbler (Sylvia ruppeli). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58970 on 24 May 2019).
  4. Avian Web
  5. Birdforum thread discussing identifications of female Rüppell's Warbler

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