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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Taxobox
{{speciesbox
| image = SylviaBlanfordiKeulemans.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCNcite iucn|idurl=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22716949/94516607 |title=''SylviaCurruca leucomelaena'' |assessorsauthor=[[BirdLife International]] |versionauthor-link=2013.2BirdLife International |year=20122016 |accessdatedoi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716949A94516607.en|access-date=2721 NovemberOctober 20152022}}</ref>
| regnumgenus = [[Animalia]]Curruca
| phylumspecies = [[Chordata]]leucomelaena
| binomial_authorityauthority = ([[Hemprich]] and& [[Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg|Ehrenberg]], 1833, central [[Midyan]], [[Saudi Arabia]])▼
| classis = [[Aves]]
| synonyms = ''CurrucaSylvia leucomelaena''▼
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Sylviidae]]
| genus = ''[[Typical warbler|Sylvia]]''
| species = ''S. leucomelaena''
| binomial = ''Sylvia leucomelaena''
▲| binomial_authority = ([[Hemprich]] and [[Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg|Ehrenberg]], 1833, central [[Midyan]], [[Saudi Arabia]])
▲| synonyms = ''Curruca leucomelaena''
}}
 
The '''Arabian warbler''' ('''''Curruca leucomelaena'''''), also known as '''Red Sea warbler''' or '''Blandford's warbler''' (''Sylvia leucomelaena''), is a species of [[Old World warbler]] in the family [[Sylviidae]] family.
It is found in [[Djibouti]], [[Egypt]], [[Eritrea]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Oman]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Somalia]], [[Sudan]], and [[Yemen]]. Its natural [[habitat]] is dry [[savanna]] country where it is often found in patches of ''Acacia''.
 
==Taxonomy==
Four subspecies are recognised; ''SC. l. negevensis'', from the [[Arava Valley]] in Israel and Jordan; ''SC. l. leucomelaena'', from northwestern Saudi Arabia southward to Yemen and then eastward to Oman; ''SC. l. blanfordi'', from southeastern Egypt to southeastern Eritrea; and ''SC. l. somaliensis'', from Djibouti and northern Somalia.<ref name=HBWA/>
 
==Description==
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==Behaviour==
The Arabian warbler forages for insects and small arthropods, and also feeds on berries. Breeding takes place in the spring and there are often two or more broods. In Israel nesting takes place between February and mid-June.<ref name=HBWA>{{cite web |url=http://www.hbw.com/node/58959 |title= Arabian Warbler (''Sylvia leucomelaena'') |author1=Aymí, R. |author2=Gargallo, G. |year=2006 |work=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive |publisher=Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. |accessdateaccess-date=27 November 2015}}</ref> This bird is found in arid savannah country where it is particularly associated with ''[[Acacia]]'' groves.<ref name=iucn/>
 
==Status==
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{{Reflist}}
 
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[[Category:Sylvia (genus)]]▼
 
▲[[Category:Sylvia (genus)Curruca]]
[[Category:Birds of the Arabian Peninsula]]
[[Category:Birds of East Africa]]
[[Category:Birds of the Middle East]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1833]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Hemprich]]
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