Avibase: Curruca leucomelaena (Arabian Warbler)

Arabian Warbler

Curruca leucomelaena Hemprich, WF; Ehrenberg, CG 1833

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Oscar Campbell	2014-12-05	Ayn Hamran, Dhofar, Dhofar (Oman) (90 m)	song - Singing male from mesquite grove, slowly moving through branches close to head height. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	205887 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena leucomelaena	Maarten Sluijter	2019-02-23	Taqah, Dhofar Governorate, Taqah (Oman) (50 m)	male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	684334 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Oscar Campbell	2025-03-18	Alqarei, Maysan, Makkah Province, Makkah (Saudi Arabia) (1700 m)	call - Location is approximate. Dry, ratting tek calls of bird in open woodland on wide wadi floor.	1083859 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Stanislas Wroza	2024-11-10	Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Taqah (Oman) (90 m)	song - [sono]	951005 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Sven Normant	2025-03-07	Wadi Qaitha, Dhofar Governorate, Taqah (Oman) (300 m)	alarm call, call - [sono]	980350 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Herman van Oosten	31-01-2010	Ain Hamran, Dhofar (Oman) (50 m)	calls (A) - bird seen, much wanted!	44488 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Herman van Oosten	01-02-2010	Wadi Hanna, Dhofar (Oman) (50 m)	song (A) - Don't know if location as on map (GPS) is completely correct. How much it resembles, indeed, S. atricapilla or Turdus merula	44489 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Gregory Askew	2023-10-07	Al Taif, Makkah Province, Makkah (Saudi Arabia) (1900 m)	call - [sono]	836335 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Oscar Campbell	2025-03-18	Alqarei, Maysan, Makkah Province, Makkah (Saudi Arabia) (1700 m)	song - Location is approximate. Song from bird in top of low tree in open woodland on wide wadi floor. Same individual as featured calling in XC1083859.	1083860 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena somaliensis	Bram Piot	2014-04-05	Las Geel, Woqooyi Galbeed, Somaliland, Woqooyi Galbeed (Somalia) (1000 m)	song - Probably different bird than XC172898 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	172901 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Oscar Campbell	2014-12-05	Ayn Hamran, Dhofar, Dhofar (Oman) (90 m)	song - Singing male from mesquite grove, slowly moving through branches close to head height. Same individual as XC205887 . bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	205888 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Oscar Campbell	2025-10-04	مهبط طائرات عمودية (near الضحوات), Al Qura, Al Bahah Province, Al Bahah (Saudi Arabia) (1900 m)	song - Location is approximate. Rather quiet song of bird in Vachellia trees in well vegetated wadi; seen when flew across wadi.	1083872 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Stanislas Wroza	2024-11-09	Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Taqah (Oman) (100 m)	alarm call, call, Rattle call, two types of calls - [sono]	950901 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Stanislas Wroza	2024-11-09	Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Taqah (Oman) (100 m)	alarm call, call, song, Various calls - [sono]	950899 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Oscar Campbell	2014-12-03	Ayn Hamran, Dhofar, Dhofar (Oman) (90 m)	song - Bird singing as moving through thick cover on edge of wadi bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	205881 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Stanislas Wroza	2024-11-10	Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Taqah (Oman) (90 m)	song - [sono]	951004 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	??? ????		, HaDarom (Israel)	-	611654847 macaulaylibrary.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Stanislas Wroza	2024-11-11	Taqah, Dhofar Governorate, Taqah (Oman) (100 m)	song - [sono]	951074 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Nicolas Martinez	2025-01-10	Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Taqah (Oman) (130 m)	call - [also] [sono]	974826 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Philippe J. DUBOIS	2024-10-27	Ain Hamran, Taqah (Oman) (300 m)	alarm call, call - [sono]	950115 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Tom Wulf	2014-11-07	Wadi Hanna, Dhofar (Oman) (50 m)	song - [sono]	213711 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena negevensis	Yoav Perlman	0000-00-00	HaArava HaTichona (near Hatzeva), Southern District, HaDarom (Israel) (-150 m)	call - Male calling. Jumping in acacia. Recorded with Samsung Galaxy S2. Slightly amplified. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	115423 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Curruca leucomelaena	Rob ter Ellen	2022-11-21	Ayn Hamran, Dhofar, Taqah (Oman) (90 m)	duet, song - 2 Birds moving through an Acacia tree, staying close together. I presumed it was a pair. It could be 2 different sounds in a duet. Male singing, female making calls. Recording made at a distance of appr. 6 meters. Song rather soft. Not much filtering, but some amplification in the recording.	996140 xeno-canto.org
Arabian Warbler - Sylvia leucomelaena	Doug Gochfeld		HaDarom, Israel, HaDarom (Israel)	-	121704431 macaulaylibrary.org

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