Garden Warbler

Sylvia borin

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderPasseriformes
FamilySylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies)
GenusSylvia
SpeciesSylvia borin (Garden Warbler)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Samburu National Reserve

1 Verified records at Samburu National Reserve

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The garden warbler (Sylvia borin) is a common and widespread small bird that breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to western Siberia. It is a plain, long-winged and long-tailed warbler with brown upperparts and dull white underparts; the sexes are similar and juveniles resemble the adults. Its two subspecies differ only slightly and interbreed where their ranges overlap. Due to its lack of distinguishing features, this species can be confused with a number of other unstreaked warblers. The garden warbler's rich melodic song is similar to that of the blackcap, its closest relative, which competes with it for territory when nesting in the same woodland. The preferred breeding habitat in Eurasia is open woodland with dense low cover for nesting; despite its name, gardens are rarely occupied by this small passerine bird. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Samburu National Reserve

Sylvia boehmi

Sylvia nisoria

Sylvia communis

Sylvia atricapilla

Lamprotornis superbus

Plocepasser mahali

Dinemellia dinemelli

Dicrurus adsimilis

Plocepasser donaldsoni

60–70% · Likely

Passer gongonensis

50–60% · Likely

Calendulauda poecilosterna

50–60% · Likely

Pycnonotus barbatus

50–60% · Likely

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Garden Warbler at Samburu National Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	20–30%
2	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	10–20%
3	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	5–10%
4	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	5–10%
5	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	5–10%
6	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	5–10%
7	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	5–10%
8	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	5–10%
9	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5–10%
10	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
11	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
12	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
13	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
14	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
15	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
16	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	<5%
17	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
18	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
19	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
20	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
21	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
22	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
23	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
24	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	<5%
25	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
26	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
27	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
28	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
29	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
30	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
31	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	<5%
32	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
33	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
34	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
35	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
36	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
37	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	Insufficient data
38	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
39	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
40	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
41	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
42	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	Insufficient data
43	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
44	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
45	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
46	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
47	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
48	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
49	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
50	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
51	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
52	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	Insufficient data
53	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data

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Garden Warbler

Closest Relatives at Samburu National Reserve

Banded Warbler

Barred Warbler

Whitethroat

Blackcap

Superb Starling

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Fork-tailed Drongo

Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Pink-breasted Lark

Common Bulbul

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found