Sylvia ruppeli
In 3 days ~10%
Rüppell's warbler (Curruca ruppeli) is a passerine bird of the genus Curruca. It breeds in Greece, Turkey and neighbouring islands. It is migratory, wintering in northeast Africa. This is a rare vagrant to western Europe. The name is occasionally cited as "Rueppell's warbler".
Together with the Cyprus warbler it forms a superspecies with dark throats, white malar streaks and light remigial fringes. This in turn is related to the species of Mediterranean and Middle East Sylvia warblers that have a naked eye-ring, namely the eastern subalpine warbler, Sardinian warbler and Ménétries's warbler. Both groups have a white malar area, but this may not form a clear streak in the latter group; above the white, the heads of males are uniformly dark.
The English name and the specific ruppeli commemorate the German zoologist and explorer Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884). This is a monotypic species, meaning there are no recognised subspecies. It is a typical Curruca warbler, similar in size but slimmer than the Sardinian warbler. The adults have a plain grey back and paler grey underparts. The bill is fine and pointed, with brown legs and red eyes. The striking... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rüppell's Warbler sighting in Beirut on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 88th most-seen of the 110 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rüppell's Warbler in Beirut on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rüppell's Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Rüppell's Warbler sightings, Beirut ranks 5th at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Ramallah (Palestine, under 5%), Antalya (Turkey, under 5%) and Cairo (Egypt, under 5%).
Same genus: Sylvia
The closest relatives of the Rüppell's Warbler that you can see in Beirut (genus Sylvia, Sylvia Warblers) are Blackcap (about 30%) and Lesser Whitethroat (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rüppell's Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Beirut (7 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.
