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Bird name:

Garden Warbler

Sylvia borin

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

BTO 2

BTO 5

GARWA

Euring 5

12760

Breeding Location:

Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Forests

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Egg Colour:

White to buff with grey or purple-brown spots.

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

11 - 13

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Grass, twigs and leaves.

Nest Location:

Low in a small tree or bush.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Garden Warbler: Large, plump warbler with brown upperparts that become more grey-brown towards the end of the breeding season. Underparts are buff. There is a faint suggestion of a pale eyebrow and a small patch of grey on the side of the neck. Grey bill is thick and short, legs and feet are grey. Sexes are similar. Juvenile is more olive.

Range and Habitat

Garden Warbler: Common in Wales, England and southern Scotland; in Ireland and northern Scotland it is scarce. Found in mixed and deciduous forests, woodland edges, clearings, and hedgerows. Spends much of its time skulking in undergrowth and shrubs. Spends the winter in southern and central Africa.

Breeding and Nesting

Garden Warbler: Three to five white to buff eggs with grey or purple-brown spots are laid in a cup-shaped nest of grass, twigs and leaves built low in a small tree or bush. Both sexes incubate the eggs for 11 to 13 days, chicks fledge 9 to 12 days later. They are dependent for another 10 to 14 days.

Foraging and Feeding

Garden Warbler: Feeds primarily on invertebrates, such as beetles, spiders, caterpillars, aphids, flies and worms. In the fall eats fruit and berries. Forages in trees and undergrowth.

Vocalisation

Garden Warbler: Alarm call is a harsh "tacc, tacc, tacc," song is a repetitive, rapid series of musical phrases.

Similar Species

Garden Warbler: Blackcap has a dark forehead and crown.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Eyebrow

Also called the supercilicum or superciliary it is the arch of feathers over each eye.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of the United Kingdom