Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillans
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
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".
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Genus
- Curruca