Dusky Warbler

Phylloscopus fuscatus(Blyth, 1842)

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Presence in the Strait: Vagrant
In Spanish: Mosquitero sombrío

Photograph: Tisha Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0, vía Wikimedia Commons

Length: 11 cm
Weight: 10 g

Presence in the Strait

Accidental. One bird at Gibraltar on 3.09.89.

Identification

Like a Chiffchaff except for the long and conspicuous buff-brown supercilium and pale legs. Grey-brown upperparts and off-white underparts. They breed in Siberia.

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Photographs from iNaturalist observations with the licence checked file by file. Those marked “Strait” were taken within the area; place and date are those of each observation.

Calendar in the Strait

No observations with a compatible licence in the area, or taxon without a match in GBIF.

Same genus in the Strait

Common Chiffchaff11–11 cm · Seasonal · overlapping size
Western Bonelli´s Warbler11–11 cm · Seasonal · overlapping size
Mountain Chiffchaff11–11 cm · Vagrant · overlapping size
Willow Warbler11.5–11.5 cm · Migrant
Wood Warbler12.5–12.5 cm · Migrant

Species of the same genus that also occur here, ordered by how close they are in size. Being relatives does not mean they are confused in the field, but that is where the doubts start: compare size and season.

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
GBIF taxon key: 2493075

Sources

Distribution and calendar: GBIF, live query
Photograph: Tisha Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0, vía Wikimedia Commons
Taxonomy: GBIF backbone, pending WoRMS for marine taxa
Editorial text: written by Bioestrecho
Last revised: 8 September 2026

Dusky Warbler

Presence in the Strait

Identification

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