#1242 · 🐦 birds

Rüppell's Warbler

🇳🇱 Rüppells Grasmus ·Curruca ruppeli

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Gökçe Coşkun · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Μαριετίνα Λυκογεώργου · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Chris Kirby-Lambert · CC BY 4.0
7. Wilaya d'Illizi, Algérie:© Larbi Afoutni · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Γαύδος, Γαύδος, Κρήτη, GR:© Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Djanet, Tassili N'Ajjer, DZ-IL, DZ:© Karim Haddad · CC BY 4.0
10. Γαύδος, Γαύδος, Κρήτη, GR:© Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Rüppell's warbler ( Curruca ruppeli ) is a typical warbler of the genus Curruca . It breeds in Greece, Turkey and neighbouring islands. It is migratory, wintering in northeast Africa. This is a rare vagrant to western Europe. The name is occasionally cited as "Rueppell's warbler".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 375iNaturalist 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.
375 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1823 (203 years ago).