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Photo by john-henry
Photo taken: Spanish Pyrenees.

Sylvia hortensis

[edit] Identification

15-16 cm. Plain grey back, whitish underparts, long and pointed bill, black legs, dark grey head, black eye mask and white throat and iris. Females and immatures have a paler head and buff underparts, grey back with a brownish tinge. The iris is dark in young birds.

[edit] Distribution

Around the western Mediterranean. Breeds in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Formerly bred in Switzerland.
Winters in sub-Saharan Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
This species was formerly lumped with Eastern Orphean Warbler to Orphean Warbler.

[edit] Habitat

Deciduous woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

4-6 eggs are laid in a nest in a bush or tree.

The diet includes insects.

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