Tristram´s Warbler

Sylvia deserticolaTristram, 1859

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Presence in the Strait: Vagrant
In Spanish: Curruca del Atlas

Photograph: Mourad Harzallah, CC BY, vía iNaturalist

Length: 12 cm
Weight: 10 g

Presence in the Strait

Accidental. One male bird at Gibraltar on 10.04.88.

Identification

Similar to a Dartford Warbler but with slightly shorter tail, rusty-red underparts and white eye-ring. In winter, males have a pale moustachial stripe, like females. Juveniles resemble the Spectacled Warbler female. They breed in N Africa.

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

Subalpine Warbler12–12 cm · Seasonal · overlapping size
Spectacled Warbler12–12 cm · Seasonal · overlapping size
Sardinian Warbler13–13 cm · Resident
Dartford Warbler13–13 cm · Resident
Eurasian Blackcap14–14 cm · Resident

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: Sylviidae
GBIF taxon key: 2492951

Sources

Distribution and calendar: GBIF, live query
Photograph: Mourad Harzallah, CC BY, vía iNaturalist
Taxonomy: GBIF backbone, pending WoRMS for marine taxa
Editorial text: written by Bioestrecho
Last revised: 8 September 2026

Tristram´s Warbler

Presence in the Strait

Identification

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