Western Orphean Warbler
Curruca hortensis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Genus
- Curruca
- eBird Code
- weowar2
Taxonomy Changes
Sylvia hortensis → Curruca hortensis
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
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Subspecies (2)
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Curruca hortensis cyrenaicae
northeastern Libya (Cyrenaica)
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Curruca hortensis hortensis
breeds southwestern Europe and northern Africa (Morocco eastward to northwestern Libya); winters southern Mauritania to western Sudan
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.