Sylvia borin
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Mass
~20 g
Habitat
Woodlands and parks
Diet
Omnivore
How to recognize it
The Garden Warbler has a very plain look, with soft brown tones and a calm, streamlined shape. In practice, it is often easier to notice by its voice and movements than by any striking feature.
It likes to sing from dense cover, and the song is rich and musical. When alarmed, it gives a sharp repeated call, and while feeding it picks insects and other small prey from leaves and twigs, sometimes hovering briefly to reach them.
It breeds in open woods with thick low growth, along edges, in bushy riverbanks, and in young thickets. In summer it mostly eats insects and other small invertebrates, then shifts toward berries before migration; it winters in tropical and southern Africa.
Quick Facts
Listen to the call
The Garden Warbler has a very plain look, with soft brown tones and a calm, streamlined shape. In practice, it is often easier to notice by its voice and movements than by any striking feature.
It likes to sing from dense cover, and the song is rich and musical. When alarmed, it gives a sharp repeated call, and while feeding it picks insects and other small prey from leaves and twigs, sometimes hovering briefly to reach them.
It breeds in open woods with thick low growth, along edges, in bushy riverbanks, and in young thickets. In summer it mostly eats insects and other small invertebrates, then shifts toward berries before migration; it winters in tropical and southern Africa.
