#1233 · 🐦 birds
Moltoni's Warbler
🇳🇱 Moltoni's Baardgrasmus ·Curruca subalpina
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what is it?
Moltoni's warbler ( Curruca subalpina ) is a small bird species of the family Sylviidae. It is named after its describer Edgardo Moltoni.
base stats
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.
- 519 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820 (206 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Moltoni's Warbler
- Nederlands
- Moltoni's Baardgrasmus
- scientific name
- Curruca subalpina
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Sylviidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 247
- sightings worldwide
- 519
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1820 by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sylviidae
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🇳🇱 Grasmus
Curruca communis
LC 👀 829 in NL
#0604 📷 10Eurasian Blackcap
🇳🇱 Zwartkop
Sylvia atricapilla
LC 👀 781 in NL
#0692 📷 7Garden Warbler
🇳🇱 Tuinfluiter
Sylvia borin
LC 👀 174 in NL
#0719 📷 7Lesser Whitethroat
🇳🇱 Braamsluiper
Curruca curruca
LC 👀 117 in NL
#0891 📷 10Dartford Warbler
🇳🇱 Provençaalse Grasmus
Curruca undata
NT 👀 6 in NL
#0912 📷 9Barred Warbler
🇳🇱 Sperwergrasmus
Curruca nisoria
LC 👀 5 in NL
#0954 📷 8Sardinian Warbler
🇳🇱 Kleine Zwartkop
Curruca melanocephala
LC 👀 2 in NL
#0969 📷 10Western Subalpine Warbler
🇳🇱 Westelijke Baardgrasmus
Curruca iberiae
👀 2 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1289201, Wikidata Q110257513, GBIF 9478399, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.