Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Old World Warblers :: Western Orphean Warbler

Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis

Described by: Gmelin, J. F. (1789)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

near Tazzarine, Morocco - Mar, 2008 © Jean-Philippe Paris 
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Range

Sw. and S. Europe;
Mediterranean Basin e. to Switzerland and Italy, Crete, s. to n. and w. Africa (Morocco, Algeria, ne. Libya).
Winters in Africa s. of the Sahara in w. Sahel of s. Mauritania, Senegal, e. to Niger, Chad, and w. Sudan.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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