Rüppell's Warbler (Curruca ruppeli)
About the Rüppell's Warbler
Rüppell's warbler (Curruca ruppeli) is a passerine bird of the genus Curruca. It breeds in Greece, Turkey and neighbouring islands. It is migratory, wintering in northeast Africa. This is a rare vagrant to western Europe. The name is occasionally cited as "Rueppell's warbler". Together with the Cyprus warbler it forms a superspecies with dark throats, white malar streaks and light remigial fringes. This in turn is related to the species of Mediterranean and Middle East Sylvia warblers that have a naked eye-ring, namely the eastern subalpine warbler, Sardinian warbler and Ménétries's warbler. Both groups have a white malar area, but this may not form a clear streak in the latter group; above the white, the heads of males are uniformly dark.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 64 recordings for this species: 4 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 France, Greece, Israel, Türkiye 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.