Spectacled Warbler

Curruca conspicillata

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Sylviidae
Genus
Curruca
eBird Code
spewar2

Taxonomy Changes

Sylvia conspicillata Curruca conspicillata

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Vocalizations

John D Reynolds · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (2)

  • Curruca conspicillata conspicillata

    breeds southwestern Europe (Portugal and Spain eastward to Italy and Sicily) and northwestern Africa (southward to Mauritania), also Cyprus, southern Türkiye, and the Levant (southern Lebanon, southern Syria, western Jordan, Israel, and the northern Sinai); winters to Senegal and Niger

  • Curruca conspicillata orbitalis

    Madeira, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.