#1234 · 🐦 birds

Ménétries's Warbler

🇳🇱 Ménétriés' Zwartkop ·Curruca mystacea

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
3. © sssuresh · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
5. © sssuresh · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Dedoplistskaro Municipality, Géorgie:© Axel Gosseries · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Каякентский р-н, Респ. Дагестан, Россия:© Геннадий · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Карабудахкентский р-н, Респ. Дагестан, Россия:© Инна · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Tehran Province, Iran:© Shahrzad Fattahi · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Be'er Sheva, Israel:© Noam · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Menetries's warbler or Ménétries's warbler ( Curruca mystacea ) is a small passerine bird of Southwest Asia belonging to the genus Curruca . The name of the species commemorates Édouard Ménétries, the French zoologist who described the species in 1832. It is closely related to the Sardinian warbler ( Curruca melanocephala ) of the Mediterranean basin and is similar to it in appearance.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 509iNaturalist observations
weight 1.5 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
509 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 2 g.
Scientifically named by Édouard Ménétries in 1832 (194 years ago).