D 
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisovia 
Variation is clinal but slight. 
Majority of birds in eastern Med¬ 
iterranean probably come from 
eastern Europe and Russia. Turk¬ 
estan and Mongolian birds winter¬ 
ing in Arabia and Kenya, do not 
apparently enter Egypt. 
Habitat: Bushes, thickets, hedge¬ 
rows and scrub and undergrowth 
in clearings in deciduous or mixed 
woods. 
