About the Eastern Subalpine Warbler
The eastern subalpine warbler 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".
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in France, Germany, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, Morocco, Serbia, Ukraine, Czechia, San Marino.
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a passage migrant species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoeruleaThe chestnut-vented warbler is 14–15 cm long and weighs around 16 g.
Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpinaMoltoni's warbler is similar to the Western subalpine warbler.
Balearic WarblerCurruca balearicaThe Balearic warbler is a warbler species of the genus Curruca.
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