Old World Warblers (Sylviidae) - HBW 11
Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
French: Fauvette épervière
German: Sperbergrasmücke
Spanish: Curruca Gavilana
Other common names: European Barred Warbler
Taxonomy: Motacilla nisoria Bechstein, 1792, central and northern Germany.
Distinctive, very divergent from all other species in genus. Geographical variation slight and mostly clinal; race merzbacheri intergrades widely with nominate in region of Urals and elsewhere. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nisoria (Bechstein, 1792) - breeds C Europe (N to S Scandinavia and S Finland) E to S Ural Mts and R Ural, S to E Italy, Balkans, N Turkey and N Iran; non-breeding E Africa.
- merzbacheri Schalow, 1907 - breeds SW Siberia and N Kazakhstan E to SE Mongolia, and S locally in C Asian mountains to N Afghanistan and W China (W Xinjiang); non-breeding E Africa.
- Least Concern
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A close front view of an adult female New Square, Almaty City, Kazakhstan (ssp merzbacheri)
Askar Isabekov 14 December 2006 2 years ago 9 sec 4.1 -
An adult female keeping still with a piece of ice in its bill New Square, Almaty City, Kazakhstan (ssp merzbacheri)
Askar Isabekov 14 December 2006 2 years ago 8 sec 3.9 -
A young male singing briefly and flying off Burgenland State, Austria (ssp nisoria)
Malcolm Mark Swan 21 May 2006 2 years ago 9 sec 3.6 -
A young male preening Burgenland State, Austria (ssp nisoria)
Malcolm Mark Swan 21 May 2006 2 years ago 11 sec 3.3 -
A young male perched on an outer branch of a shrub, singing Burgenland State, Austria (ssp nisoria)
Malcolm Mark Swan 21 May 2006 2 years ago 9 sec 3.2 -
A young male briefly preening and calling, then, flying away Burgenland State, Austria (ssp nisoria)
Malcolm Mark Swan 21 May 2006 2 years ago 12 sec 2.8
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A male perched. Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
ammadoux 30 September 2009 22 weeks ago 2.7
- No sound recordings available yet
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