Rüppell's Warbler

Curruca ruppeli (Temminck, 1823) RUPWA 12690
Family: Passeriformes > Sylviidae

Rüppell's Warbler has a rather limited breeding range (the maquis of Greece and Turkey) and migrates to wintering sites in Sudan and Chad; understandably, this is an extremely rare visitor to Britain.

Select a topic for more facts and statistics about the Rüppell's Warbler

  • Breeding
  • Winter
20 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
20 records

BTO RECORDS

20 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
20 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.

Occupied 10-km squares in UK

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Rüppell's Warbler, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Telor Rüppell
Catalan: tallarol golanegre
Czech: penice turecká
Danish: Sortstrubet Sanger
Dutch: Rüppells Grasmus
Estonian: mustkurk-põõsalind
Finnish: mustakurkkukerttu
French: Fauvette de Rüppell
German: Maskengrasmücke
Hungarian: feketetorkú poszáta
Icelandic: Klungursöngvari
Italian: Bigia di Ruppell
Latvian: melnrikles kaukis
Lithuanian: juodagurkle devynbalse
Norwegian: Svartstrupesanger
Polish: pokrzewka czarnogardla
Portuguese: toutinegra-do-levante
Slovak: penica ciernohrdlá
Slovenian: crnogrla penica
Spanish: Curruca de Rüppell
Swedish: svarthakad sångare

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