Sylviid Warblers in Turkey
Our list for Turkey has 6 sylviid warblers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
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