#0954 · 🐦 birds

Sardinian Warbler

🇳🇱 Kleine Zwartkop ·Curruca melanocephala

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The Sardinian warbler ( Curruca melanocephala ) is a common and widespread typical warbler from the Mediterranean region. Like most Curruca species, it has distinct male and female plumages. The adult male has a grey back, whitish underparts, black head, white throat and red eyes. Plumages are somewhat variable even in the same locality, with the intensity of a reddish hue on upper- and/or underside that varies from absent to (in some subspecies) pronounced. The female is mainly...

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 23,375iNaturalist observations
weight 1.7 gadult, up to
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).