#1254 · 🐦 birds

Balearic Warbler

🇳🇱 Balearische Grasmus ·Curruca balearica

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ensind · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Baleares, ES-PM, ES:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Far des Cap Blanc, Mallorca:© Antoni López-Arenas i Cama · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Illes Balears, España:© Rafa Dominguez · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Balearic Islands, Spain:© Carlos Sanchez · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Baleár-szigetek, Spanyolország:© Attila Steiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Baleares, ES-PM, ES:© pelagicgraf · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Балеарские о-ва, Испания:© Vasily Kalinichenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Albercutx Watchtower:© Rhianna Wren · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Balearic warbler ( Curruca balearica ) is a typical warbler, genus Curruca . It is endemic to the Balearic Islands, apart from Menorca. It groups with the Marmora's warbler, Tristram's warbler and the Dartford warbler (Helbig 2001, Jønsson & Fjeldså 2006).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 66iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
66 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Adolf von Jordans in 1913 (113 years ago).