#0891 · 🐦 birds
Dartford Warbler
🇳🇱 Provençaalse Grasmus ·Curruca undata
📍 Città Metropolitana di Genova, Italia
📍 Pinar del Hacho, Antequera, Provinz Málaga, Spanien
📍 4740 Fão, Portugal
📍 Phare du Cap Fréhel, 22240 Plévenon, Frankrijk
📍 Surrey, UK
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Carles Pastor · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © naturpel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Paul Roberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © naturpel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © marcos_wildlife · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Città Metropolitana di Genova, Italia:© Jessica Peruzzo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. Pinar del Hacho, Antequera, Provinz Málaga, Spanien:© Susanne Vogel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 4740 Fão, Portugal:© Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Phare du Cap Fréhel, 22240 Plévenon, Frankrijk:© Pablo Deschepper · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Surrey, UK:© Philip Mark Osso · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Dartford warbler ( Curruca undata ) is a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa. It is a small warbler with a long thin tail and a thin pointed bill. The adult male has grey-brown upperparts and is dull reddish-brown below except for the centre of the belly which has a dirty white patch. It has light speckles on the throat and a red eye-ring. The sexes are similar but the adult...
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
- Spotted 6 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,460 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pieter Boddaert in 1783 (243 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dartford Warbler
- Nederlands
- Provençaalse Grasmus
- scientific name
- Curruca undata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Sylviidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 6
- sightings in Europe
- 2,667
- sightings worldwide
- 3,460
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1783 by Pieter Boddaert
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sylviidae
#0603 📷 7Greater Whitethroat
🇳🇱 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
#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
#1013 📷 10Eastern Subalpine Warbler
🇳🇱 Balkanbaardgrasmus
Curruca cantillans
LC 👀 1 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1289467, Wikidata Q110257524, GBIF 10355796, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.
