African Desert Warbler (Curruca deserti)
About the African Desert Warbler
The African desert warbler (Curruca deserti) is a species of warbler in the family Sylviidae. Until recently it was considered conspecific with the Asian desert warbler (and called just "desert warbler"), but is now given specific status. The two are still each other's closest living relatives, and their relationships to other typical warblers are not clear; they may be fairly close to the common whitethroat. But it seems that all these three taxa are fairly basal members of the genus. The warbler breeds in the deserts of north-western Africa south of the Atlas Mountains from southern Morocco east to western Libya and south to Mali and Niger. It winters in the same area, and does not migrate other than short distances.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 28 recordings for this species: 26 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Morocco, Tunisia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Barred WarblerCurruca nisoriarecording
- Common WhitethroatCurruca communisrecording
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undatarecording
- Hume's WhitethroatCurruca althaearecording
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucarecording
- Marmora's WarblerCurruca sardarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.