Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)
About the Sykes's Warbler
Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama) is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the booted warbler, but is now considered a full species. Its breeding range is from northeast Arabia to Turkestan, west China and Afghanistan. Like the booted warbler, many populations of the species migrate in winter to the Indian subcontinent as far south as Sri Lanka. The English name commemorates the Colonel William Henry Sykes who served in the British military in India. Keyserling and Blasius gave no explanation of the genus name Iduna, though in Norse mythology Iðunn, or Iduna, is the goddess of spring and fertility who was changed into a sparrow to enable her rescue by Loki. The specific epithet rama refers to the Hindu god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu.
A real field recording of the Sykes's Warbler. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
2 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×2 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in China, India, Kazakhstan, Poland, United Arab Emirates · xeno-canto lists 80 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensisprofile
- Booted WarblerIduna caligatarecording
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallidarecording
- Mountain Yellow WarblerIduna similisprofile
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opacarecording
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.