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| - | {{stub}} | + | [[Image:16499warbler1.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Momo|Momo}}<br />Photo taken: Hamada du Drâa, [[Morocco]]]] |
| - | ;Sylvia deserti | + | ;[[:Category:Sylvia|Sylvia]] deserti |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | *Sand-coloured back and head |
| | + | *Whitish underparts |
| | + | *Yellow eye<br /> |
| | + | Sexes similar. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | + | North-western [[Africa]]:<br /> |
| | + | Southern [[Morocco]], central and southern [[Algeria]], southern [[Tunisia]], western [[Libya]] south to [[Mauritania]], northern [[Mali]] and [[Nigeria]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Formerly considered conspecific with the [[Asian Desert Warbler]] ''Sylvia nana''. This species is buffy-brown rather than grey-brown, and a resident rather than a migrant. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Deserts and other arid environments, with some bushes for nesting. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | The nest is built in low shrub, and 4-6 eggs are laid. |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | The diet includes insects and berries. |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Sylvia deserti}} | + | {{GSearch|Sylvia+deserti}} |
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| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sylvia]] |
Current revision
- Sylvia deserti
[edit] Identification
- Sand-coloured back and head
- Whitish underparts
- Yellow eye
Sexes similar.
[edit] Distribution
North-western Africa:
Southern Morocco, central and southern Algeria, southern Tunisia, western Libya south to Mauritania, northern Mali and Nigeria.
[edit] Taxonomy
Formerly considered conspecific with the Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana. This species is buffy-brown rather than grey-brown, and a resident rather than a migrant.
[edit] Habitat
Deserts and other arid environments, with some bushes for nesting.
[edit] Behaviour
[edit] Breeding
The nest is built in low shrub, and 4-6 eggs are laid.
The diet includes insects and berries.
[edit] External Links
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