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Taxonomic note
Previously placed in Sylvia (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) but moved to current genus following Cai et al. (2019). Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2021. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
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)	14,400 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	585,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	126000-189000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2018
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.23 years	-	-	-

Population justification: This species breeds only in Cyprus, where its total population size is estimated at 120,000-180,000 mature individuals, with 60,000-90,000 breeding pairs (BirdLife International 2021). The population is considered to have remained relatively stable over three generations (10 years) (BirdLife International 2021), despite concerns about declines in areas recently colonised by S. melanocephala (del Hoyo et al. 2006).

Trend justification:    .

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

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

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/cyprus-warbler-curruca-melanothorax on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.