Short Description
The barred warbler is inconspicuously grey-brown. The underside is greyish-green with thin transverse stripes. Its yellow iris, the form of its tail and the transverse stripes are reminiscent of a sparrowhawk.
Features
Barred warbler
Sylvia nisoria
yellow eyes
barred underparts
Gesang
Frommolt, CC BY-SA 3.0
In the city
Barred warblers live in open spaces with high bushes. In an urban environment, they can be found in railway embankments, in uncultivated land as well as on former military training ranges.
Fun Facts
Barred warblers are often seen together with red-backed shrike and even actively seek its company. One theory is that the comparatively quiet barred warbler benefits from the strong warning behaviour of the red-backed shrike.
Barred warblers are migratory birds that fly to eastern Africa in September. They return to Germany in May.
- Endangerment level Germany: endangered
Sources
Männchen, Artur Mikołajewski, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sylvia_nisoria.jpg
Weibchen, Wouter van der Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sylvia_nisoria_(Sylviidae)_(Barred_Warbler)_-_(first_calendar_year),_Meijendel,_the_Netherlands_-_2.jpg
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Habitus , Davidvraju, CC-BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lesser_white_throat_David_Raju.jpg
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