Ruppell's Warbler

Ruppell's Warbler

Curruca ruppeli

Introduction

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.

Key Stats

Status
Very rare
Very rare
Weight
Weight
13.5g
BTO Records
BTO Records
20 records
Population and distribution stats for:

Movement

Information about Ruppell's Warbler movements and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

Britain & Ireland movement

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report

European movements

EuroBirdPortal uses birdwatcher's records, such as those logged in BirdTrack to map the flows of birds as they arrive and depart Europe. See maps for this species here.

Biology

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

Survival and Longevity

Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.

Classification, names and codes

Taxonomy, names and species codes for Ruppell's Warbler

Classification and Codes

  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Sylviidae
  • Scientific name: Curruca ruppeli
  • Authority: Temminck, 1823
  • BTO 5-letter code: RUPWA
  • Euring code number: 12690

Alternate species names

  • 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
  • Welsh: Telor Rüppell

More Evidence

More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com

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