Asian Desert Warbler

How to identify

Field marks

1. Pale gray-brown upperparts; browner wings and tail
2. Whitish underparts
3. Pale yellow bill, legs and feet
4. Yellow iris

Male, female and young

Sexes almost identical in plumage.

Voice

The song is a series of “jingling” sounds mixing clear and harsh notes, often delivered in display flight.

Where and when it's recorded

Asian Desert Warbler has been recorded at 74 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 22 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Green MubazzarahUnited Arab Emirates137 records
2. Khongorin ElsMongolia75 records
3. Abraq Al-HabariKuwait74 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United Arab EmiratesKuwaitKazakhstanMongoliaIndiaQatarUnited KingdomChina

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Asian desert warbler (Curruca nana) is an Old World warbler which breeds in the deserts of central and western Asia and the extreme east of Europe (Volga Delta area east to western Inner Mongolia in China), and migrating to similar habitats in southwestern Asia (Arabia to northwestern India) and the far northeast of Africa (Red Sea coastal regions) in winter. Until recently it was considered conspecific with the African desert warbler (and called just "desert warbler"), but is now given specific status.

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