Desert warbler

Weight

8.7 g – 10 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Invertivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

desert

Young per litter or clutch

3.95

Lifestyle

Perching

Migration

Sedentary

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familySylviidae
6. genusCurruca
7. SpeciesCurruca nana Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Synonyms Atraphornis nana, Curruca nana nana, Sylvia nana, Sylvia nana nana, Sylvia nana theresae

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Common whitethroat

Curruca communis

Sylviidae

LC, Least Concern

Lesser whitethroat

Curruca curruca

Sylviidae

LC, Least Concern

Barred warbler

Curruca nisoria

Sylviidae

S

Subalpine warbler

Curruca cantillans

SylviidaeNo free photo yet

S

Sardinian warbler

Curruca melanocephala

SylviidaeNo free photo yet

O

Orphean warbler

Curruca hortensis

SylviidaeNo free photo yet

CompareDesert warbler vs Common whitethroatDesert warbler vs Lesser whitethroatDesert warbler vs Barred warblerDesert warbler vs Subalpine warbler

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@misc{desert_warbler_2026,
  title = {Desert warbler (Curruca nana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/desert-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}