Listen to the Sykes's warbler
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About the Sykes's warbler
The Sykes's warbler is a bird in the family Acrocephalidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Sykes's 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.
The recordings here are labelled as subsong, song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama) is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the booted warbler, but is now considered a full species. Its breeding range is from northeast Arabia to Turkestan, west China and Afghanistan. Like the booted warbler, many populations of the species migrate in winter to the Indian subcontinent as far south as Sri Lanka.
More from the family Acrocephalidae
Great reed warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Common reed warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Sedge warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Icterine warbler
Hippolais icterina
Marsh warbler
Acrocephalus palustris
Blyth's reed warbler
Acrocephalus dumetorum
Moustached warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogon
Melodious warbler
Hippolais polyglotta
Clamorous reed warbler
Acrocephalus stentoreus
African reed warbler
Acrocephalus baeticatus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Sykes's warbler sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Sykes's warbler on this page, including its subsong, song and call. 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 Sykes's warbler endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Sykes's warbler as “least concern”.
What family does the Sykes's warbler belong to?
The Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama) belongs to the family Acrocephalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Subsong, song · Madhure Kere, Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, India by Mike Prince – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Subsong, call, song · Madhure Kere, Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, India by Mike Prince – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q370354 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Sykes's warbler – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by J.M.Garg – CC BY-SA 3.0