Curruca mystacea
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Menetries's warbler or Ménétries's warbler (Curruca mystacea) is a small passerine bird of Southwest Asia belonging to the genus Curruca. The name of the species commemorates Édouard Ménétries, the French zoologist who described the species in 1832. It is closely related to the Sardinian warbler (Curruca melanocephala) of the Mediterranean basin and is similar to it in appearance.
The Menetries's warbler is 12 to 14 cm long with a wingspan of 15 to 19 cm and weighs about 9-11 grams. Its fairly long tail is blackish with white on the outer-feathers and is often held cocked. It is frequently wagged up and down or from side to side. The bill is fairly heavy and is dark with a pinkish patch at the base. There is a pale bare ring around the eye.
The male of the nominate subspecies C. m. mystacea is dark greyish above and whitish below with a white submoustachial stripe and a pink throat and breast. It has a dark cap which is dull black at the front but becomes paler further back and merges into the grey nape unlike the Sardininan warbler which has an entirely jet-black cap. Menetries's warblers have rather plain tertial feathers unlike the Sardinian warbler which has tertials... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Menetries warbler sighting in Abu Dhabi on a given day, based on 153 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 159 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Menetries warbler in Abu Dhabi on a given day, against under 5% in January and April–September, the lowest months.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Menetries warbler sightings, Abu Dhabi has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 10%) and Yerevan (Armenia, under 5%).
Same genus: Sylvia
The closest relatives of the Menetries warbler that you can see in Abu Dhabi (genus Sylvia, Sylvia Warblers) are Lesser Whitethroat (about 20%), Blackcap (about 20%) and Whitethroat (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Menetries warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Abu Dhabi (153 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
