Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Photo: Antonios Tsaknakis · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Eastern Subalpine Warbler

Curruca cantillans

NENot Evaluated
Family
Sylviid Warblers and Allies (Sylviidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The eastern subalpine warbler (Curruca cantillans) is a small Sylviidae warbler which breeds in the southernmost areas of Europe. It was first described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Motacilla cantillans. The specific cantillans is Latin for "warbling" from canere, "to sing".
Like most Curruca species, it has distinct male and female plumages.

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Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.