Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria) - HBW 11, p. 694
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 Enlarge map
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A young male singing on its perch, Prespa lake, Greece Locality Greece
Paschalis Dougalis 12 May 2012 1 year ago 1 min 5 sec 4.8 -
A close front view of an adult female Locality New Square, Almaty City, Kazakhstan (ssp merzbacheri)
Askar Isabekov 14 December 2006 5 years ago 9 sec 4.3 -
An adult female keeping still with a piece of ice in its bill Locality New Square, Almaty City, Kazakhstan (ssp merzbacheri)
Askar Isabekov 14 December 2006 5 years ago 8 sec 3.9 -
An immature in first winter plumage Locality Land's End, Cornwall, England, Great Britain (ssp nisoria)
Greg Baker 30 September 1996 1 year ago 12 sec 3.7 -
Two views of a first winter bird Locality Utsira, Norway (ssp nisoria)
Eric Roualet 2 October 2008 1 year ago 9 sec 3.5 -
A young male singing briefly and flying off Locality Burgenland State, Austria (ssp nisoria)
Malcolm Mark Swan 21 May 2006 5 years ago 9 sec 3.3
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a passage migrant in Jeddah
Locality Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
ammadoux 5 May 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
Hidden in a bush
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 16 April 2010 3 years ago 4.2 -
A young male singing on its perch, (video grab).
Locality Small Prespa Lake, West Macedonia Region, Greece
Paschalis Dougalis 12 May 2012 1 year ago 4 -
Perched in a tree
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 13 March 2012 1 year ago 4 -
A male perched.
Locality Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
ammadoux 30 September 2009 3 years ago 3.3
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