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Photo by charelli
Camargue, France, April 2007

Sylvia conspicillata

[edit] Identification

12cm

• Brown upperparts
• Buff underparts
• Chestnut wing patches
• White throat
  
• Orangish legs

Adult male: grey head with black lores and white eye ring

[edit] Distribution

Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Europe: France, Corsica, Portugal, Madeira, Spain, Ibiza, Mallorca, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria, Gomera, Tenerife, Extremadura, Gibraltar, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Yugoslavia, Albania, Crete, Malta
Northern Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, Niger
African Islands: Cape Verde
Middle East: Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• S. c. orbitalis:

• Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands

• S. c. conspicillata:

• Western Mediterranean basin and north-western Africa; winters to Senegal and Niger

Two additional subspecies, extratipica and bella are generally considered invalid^[2].

[edit] Habitat

Desert and coastal scrub, open grassy country with scattered trees, gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The nest is hidden in a bush. The clutch consists of 3-6 eggs.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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