Sylviid Warblers in France
Our list for France has 7 sylviid warblers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Lesser Whitethroat 11–13 cm
- Subalpine Warbler 11–13 cm
- Dartford Warbler 12–13 cm
- Sardinian Warbler 13–14 cm
- Blackcap 13–15 cm
- Whitethroat 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