A photo of a Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Curruca cantillans), male
Eastern Subalpine Warbler, Male

Eastern Subalpine Warbler

Curruca cantillans

The eastern subalpine warbler (Curruca cantillans) is a small typical 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. The adult male has a grey back and head, brick-red underparts, and white malar streaks ("moustaches"). The female is mainly brown above, with a greyer head, and whitish below with a pink flush. The subalpine warbler's song is fast and rattling, and is similar to the lesser whitethroat. The eastern subalpine warbler differs from the western subalpine warbler by its deeper blue-grey upperparts, a blackish mask on the lores and ear-coverts, brick reddish-brown coloration confined to the throat and breast and sharply demarcated from a largely white belly, paler flanks and a wider white submoustachial stripe.
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Cas Van De Ģiessen
Thursday 18 Aug 2022 - 7:51pm
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Freddy BF
Tuesday 17 May 2022 - 5:20pm
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Bob Hunter
Tuesday 17 May 2022 - 5:20pm
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Tuesday 17 May 2022 - 9:08am
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