Sylviid Warblers in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 6 sylviid warblers recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Lesser Whitethroat 11–13 cm
- Subalpine Warbler 11–13 cm
- Sardinian Warbler 13–14 cm
- Whitethroat 13–15 cm
- Blackcap 13–15 cm
- Garden Warbler 14–15 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made