#1220 · 🐦 birds

Western Orphean Warbler

🇳🇱 Orpheusgrasmus ·Curruca hortensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
3. © Carles Pastor · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © ronpon · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Madrid, España:© Sónika Leconte · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 25571 Esterri de Cardós, Lérida, España:© Hector Caballero Ballesteros · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Madrid, España:© Pablo Pozo · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pembrokeshire, UK:© Mike King · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Rouet, France:© Tom Rigaud · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Lothbeg, Scotland, UK:© Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The western Orphean warbler ( Curruca hortensis ) is a typical warbler of the genus Curruca . This species occurs in summer around the Mediterranean, through western Europe and extending into northwest Africa. It is migratory, wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a rare vagrant to northern and north-western Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,071iNaturalist 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.
1,071 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).