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Dohrn's warbler

Sylvia dohrni (Hartlaub, 1866)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The dohrn's warbler (Sylvia dohrni) is a species in the family Sylviidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 19.3 g to 19.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Dohrn's warbler (Sylvia dohrni)
Photo: Thibaud Aronson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the dohrn's warbler

Weight
19.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dohrn's warbler live?

Not recorded

What is the dohrn's warbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Dohrn's warbler (Sylvia dohrni), also known as Principe flycatcher-babbler, Dohrn's flycatcher, Dohrn's thrush-babbler, is a species of passerine bird in the family Sylviidae that is endemic to the island of Príncipe which lies off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea.

Formerly placed within the genus Horizorhinus, it is now placed in the genus Sylvia based on the results of molecular phylogenetic studies.

The specific name honours Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn.

From the Wikipedia article “Dohrn's warbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dohrn%27s_warbler&oldid=1379847456), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the dohrn's warbler endangered?

The dohrn's warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the dohrn's warbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySylviidae
  6. genusSylvia
  7. SpeciesSylvia dohrni (Hartlaub, 1866)

Synonyms Cuphopterus dohrni, Horizorhinus dohrni

Other names and names in other languages (45)
  • Dohrn's flycatcherEnglish
  • Dohrn's thrush-babblerEnglish
  • Príncipe flycatcher-babblerEnglish
  • Principe thrush-babblerEnglish
  • Príncipe thrush-babblerEnglish
  • Принсипанско коприварчеBulgarian
  • Tallarol de PríncipeCatalan
  • timalí de l'illa PrincipeCatalan
  • lejsek principeskýCzech
  • telor-breblyn DohrnWelsh
  • Príncipe TimalieDanish
  • PrinzendrosslingGerman
  • PríncipegrasmückeGerman
  • principea silvioEsperanto
  • Timalí de PríncipeSpanish
  • Curruca de PríncipeSpanish
  • PrincipenkerttuFinnish
  • príncipenkerttuFinnish
  • principentimaliFinnish
  • Fauvette de DohrnFrench
  • Cratérope de PrincipéFrench
  • Gobemouche de DohrnFrench
  • Horizorin de DohrnFrench
  • principska grmušaCroatian
  • Pigliamosche di DohrnItalian
  • ヒタキチメドリJapanese
  • Dorno timalijaLithuanian
  • Dohrns ZangerDutch
  • Dohrns LijstertimaliaDutch
  • kvistdanserNorwegian
  • żabotnikPolish
  • Sibi-fixaPortuguese
  • chibi-peito-brancoPortuguese
  • rouxinol-do-príncipePortuguese
  • Sibi-peito-brancoPortuguese
  • toutinegra-do-príncipePortuguese
  • Принцева тимелияRussian
  • Принсипская славка-монашкаRussian
  • penica tmavoprsáSlovak
  • príncipesångareSwedish
  • Prinsipe ÖtleğeniTurkish
  • зангерUkrainian
  • тимелія принцеваUkrainian
  • 多氏仙鹟Chinese
  • 普林西比鶇鶥〔圈鶲〕Chinese

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Relatives of the dohrn's warbler

Other species in the same genus Sylvia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dohrn's warbler?

An adult dohrn's warbler weighs 19.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the dohrn's warbler endangered?

The dohrn's warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the dohrn's warbler?

The dohrn's warbler (Sylvia dohrni) belongs to the family Sylviidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dohrn's warbler (Sylvia dohrni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dohrns-warbler

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{dohrns_warbler_2026,
  title = {Dohrn's warbler (Sylvia dohrni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dohrns-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}