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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	11 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	14,400
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	585,000
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Number of mature individuals	140000-279999	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	decreasing		suspected	-
Generation length (years)	4	-	-	-

Population justification: The breeding population, which is confined to Europe, is estimated to number 70,000-140,000 pairs, which equates to 140,000-280,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline in areas recently colonised by S. melanocephala (del Hoyo et al. 2006, BirdLife International 2015).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Cyprus	extant	native	yes
Egypt	extant	vagrant
Israel	extant	native			yes
Jordan	extant	native			yes
Lebanon	extant	native			yes	yes
Spain	extant	native			yes
Sudan	extant	native			yes
Türkiye	extant	vagrant

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cyprus	Troodos Forest
Cyprus	Pafos Forest
Cyprus	Akrotiri Peninsula - Episkopi Cliffs
Cyprus	Atsas-Agios Theodoros Area
Cyprus	Limnatis Valley
Cyprus	Panagia Stazousa River
Cyprus	Adelphoi Forest - Papoutsa
Cyprus	Akamas and Agia Aikaterini – Agia Paraskevi Gorges
Cyprus	Cape Greco
Cyprus	Diarizos Valley
Cyprus	Ezousa Valley and Cliffs
Cyprus	Cha Potami River
Cyprus	Karpasia Peninsula - Kleides Islands
Cyprus	Kormakitis Peninsula
Cyprus	Mahairas Forest - Tzionia
Cyprus	Paramali River and Plateau
Cyprus	Pentadaktylos Mountains
Cyprus	Pentashoinos River
Cyprus	Xeros Valley and Hanoutaris Cliffs
Cyprus	Xylourikos Valley

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	major	breeding
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	major	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		international	non-trivial	recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Curruca melanothorax. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/cyprus-warbler-curruca-melanothorax on 23/09/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 23/09/2023.