Sykes’s Warbler
Iduna rama
- Family
- Reed Warblers and Allies (Acrocephalidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama) is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the booted warbler, but is now considered a full species. Its breeding range is from northeast Arabia to Turkestan, west China and Afghanistan. Like the booted warbler, many populations of the species migrate in winter to the Indian subcontinent as far south as Sri Lanka.
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Range and habitat
Breeds lower Volga River eastward to eastern Kazakhstan (Lake Balkhash) and extreme western China (western and central Xinjiang), southward to southern Iran, Afghanistan, and western Pakistan, locally in northwestern India; small resident population in northeastern United Arab Emirates (Khor Kalba) and northwestern Oman (mangroves of Batinah coast); non-breeding to Indian Subcontinent.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Sykes's warbler
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
