369 Orphean Warbler. ORPHEAN WARBLER (Sylvia hortensis)

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1 Orphean Warbler. Male. 2nd year (02-VII). ORPHEAN WARBLER (Sylvia hortensis) IDENTIFICATION cm. Male with black cap going under the eye; pale grey upperparts; white underparts, with pinkish tinge; wings and tail dark, with white edges; dark legs. Female similar to male with grey cap and breast with brownish tinge. SIMILAR SPECIES Male Blackcap has black over the eye. Male Sardinian Warbler is smaller, with red eyering and pale legs. Blackcap. Male. AGEING 3 types of age can be recognized: Juvenile similar to females but with fresh plumage; iris dark brown-olive. 1st year autumn/2nd year spring with moult limit on wing between moulted grey feathers and brown juvenile retained; iris dark with a paler ring; outer tail feathers tinged buff. Adult without moult limits on the wing (CAUTION: birds with suspended moult have very worn secondaries); iris whitish; outer tail feathers white. CAUTION: in spring, after prebreeding moult, both types of age have moult limits. MOULT Complete postbreeding moult, usually finished early September; some birds suspend their moult (some secondaries) to finish in wintering quarters. Partial postjuvenile moult, including body feathers, lesser and median coverts and inner greater coverts; some birds can moult all the greater coverts and some tertials; usually finished in August. Both types of age have a prebreeding moult including a variable number of greater coverts and secondaries. STATUS IN ARAGON Summer visitor. Distributed throughout the Mediterranean open woodlands from the Region. O r p h e a n W a r b l e r. Extent of postjuvenile moult. Sardinian Warbler. Male. SEXING Male with black-grey head without distinct ear-coverts; black eye-ring. Female with grey head with distinct darker ear-coverts; white eye-ring with some grey fathers. CAUTION: 2nd year males are very similar to adult females. Juveniles cannot be sexed using plumage characters. PHENOLOGY I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Page 1

2 Orphean Warbler. Female. Adult (dd-vv) Orphean Warbler. 1st year (18-VII). Orphean Warbler. Male. Adult (04-VII) Orphean Warbler. Juvenile (mm-ll) Orphean Warbler. Male. Head pattern: left adult Orphean Warbler. Female. Head pattern: left adult Orphean Warbler. Female. 2nd year (17-VII) Orphean Warbler. Head pattern: left 1st year (18- Page 2

3 Orphean Warbler. Male. Crown pattern: left adult Orphean Warbler. Breast pattern: left 1st year (18- Orphean Warbler. Female. Head pattern: left adult Orphean Warbler. Male. Upperpart pattern: left adult Orphean Warbler. Crown pattern: left 1st year (18- Orphean Warbler. Male. Breast pattern: left adult Orphean Warbler. Female. Breast pattern: left adult Orphean Warbler. Female. Upperpart pattern: left adult Page 3

4 Orphean Warbler. Wear of tail and pattern of the outermost tail feather: left 1st year (18-VII); right juvenile (bb-kk). Orphean Warbler. Upperpart pattern: left 1st year (18- Orphean Warbler. Wing of juvenile (ss-oo) Orphean Warbler. Male. Wear of tail and pattern of the outermost tail feather: left adult (04-VII); right 2nd year (17-VII). Orphean Warbler. Postjuvenile moult: wing of 1st year (18-VII) Orphean Warbler. Female. Wear of tail and pattern of the outermost tail feather: left adult (cc-xx); right 2nd year (17-VII). Page 4

5 Orphean Warbler. Female. Postbreeding moult: wing of 2nd year (17-VII) Orphean Warbler. Male. Postbreeding moult: wing of adult (04-VII) Orphean Warbler. Male. Postbreeding moult: wing of 2nd year (02-VII) Orphean Warbler. Female. Postbreeding moult: wing of adult (ss-oo) Page 5

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