Eastern Orphean Warbler

  • Eastern Orphean Warbler (Female autumn)
    Eastern Orphean Warbler (Female autumn) (Pekka Fagel)
  • Eastern Orphean Warbler (Male autumn)
    Eastern Orphean Warbler (Male autumn) (Mike Pope)
Eastern Orphean Warbler (Female autumn)
Eastern Orphean Warbler (Male autumn)
Recordings 
Scientific Name 
Sylvia crassirostris
Arabic Name 
دخلة البساتين الشرقية
Kuwaiti name 
صليبي
Family 
Sylviid Babblers
Length 
15.0 cm
Least Concern

In Kuwait

Migrant
Summer
Frequent
Non-breeder

Information

Uncommon passage migrant; rare summer visitor. A Mediterranean bird and the second largest of our Sylvia warblers with a melodic song recalling that of a Nightingale. On migration, attracted to clumps of trees in plantations or oases.
Where in Kuwait 
It favours open or semi-open habitat with variable bushy cover and is more frequently recorded in the west at Al Abraq
In the world 
It has an extremely large range and a population that is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and degradation. It is Europe's second largest warbler and has a breeding range which extends from Spain through to Turkey. It migrates south for winter, to sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Some taxonomists consider both subspecies Orphean Warblers to be distinct enough to separate them into species.
Local threats 
Habitat loss and degradation