Birds Guide

Typical Warblers
Several Sylvia species.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sylviidae   Genus: Sylvia Scopoli, 1769
Species
see species list

The typical warblers are small insectivorous birds belonging to the genus Sylvia of the Old World warbler family Sylviidae. There are about 20 species in the genus.

These are active, constantly moving, warblers usually associated with fairly open woodland, hedges or shrubs.

This is one of the few Old World warbler groups in which many of the species show sexual dimorphism, with distinctive male and female plumages. Males of some species have black on the head.

Species breeding in temperate regions are usually strongly migratory, although some are resident.

The species are

• Yemen Warbler, Sylvia buryi
  Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla
  Garden Warbler, Sylvia borin
  Whitethroat, Sylvia communis
  Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca
  Small Whitethroat, Sylvia minula
  Hume's Whitethroat, Sylvia althaea
  Asian Desert Warbler, Sylvia nana
  African Desert Warbler, Sylvia deserti
  Barred Warbler, Sylvia nisoria
  Orphean Warbler, Sylvia hortensis
  Red Sea Warbler, Sylvia leucomelaena
  Rüppell's Warbler, Sylvia rueppelli
  Subalpine Warbler, Sylvia cantillans
  Sardinian Warbler, Sylvia melanocephala
  Cyprus Warbler, Sylvia melanothorax
  Menetries' Warbler, Sylvia mystacea
  Spectacled Warbler, Sylvia conspicillata
  Tristram's Warbler, Sylvia deserticola
  Dartford Warbler, Sylvia undata
  Marmora's Warbler, Sylvia sarda

External links

• Typical warbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection