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
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Austria
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Chad
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Gambia
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kosovo
- Lebanon
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Montenegro
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Palestine
- Poland
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Turkey
- Western Sahara
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Eastern subalpine warbler
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.