Sylvia ruppeli
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 Ramallah on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 89th most-seen of the 118 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rüppell's Warbler in Ramallah on a given day, against under 5% in April–August and October–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.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Rüppell's Warbler sightings, Ramallah has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come 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 Ramallah (genus Sylvia, Sylvia Warblers) are Blackcap (about 50%), Lesser Whitethroat (about 40%) and 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 Ramallah (13 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.
