Sylviid Warblers in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 6 sylviid warblers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Lesser Whitethroat 11–13 cm
- Subalpine Warbler 11–13 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