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Subalpine Warbler

Curruca cantillans

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Sylviidae

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".

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Italy · 1,710Netherlands · 261United Kingdom · 136France · 101Spain · 98Germany · 38Switzerland · 27Belgium · 10