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About the Garden warbler
The Garden warbler is a bird in the family Sylviidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 22 cm.
What does the Garden warbler sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
From Wikipedia
The garden warbler (Sylvia borin) is a common and widespread small bird that breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to western Siberia. It is a plain, long-winged and long-tailed warbler with brown upperparts and dull white underparts; the sexes are similar and juveniles resemble the adults. Its two subspecies differ only slightly and interbreed where their ranges overlap. Due to its lack of distinguishing features, this species can be confused with a number of other unstreaked warblers. The garden warbler's rich melodic song is similar to that of the blackcap, its closest relative, which competes with it for territory when nesting in the same woodland.
Related birds in the genus Sylvia
More from the family Sylviidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Garden warbler sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Garden warbler on this page. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Garden warbler endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Garden warbler as “least concern”.
What family does the Garden warbler belong to?
The Garden warbler (Sylvia borin) belongs to the family Sylviidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) (W1CDR0001463 BD12) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Gartengrasmücke (Sylvia borin) by MVmath20 – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q202478 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Garden warbler – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Biillyboy – CC BY 2.0