Sylviid Warblers in Italy
Our list for Italy has 7 sylviid warblers recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 5 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Italy in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Subalpine Warbler 11–13 cm
- Lesser Whitethroat 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