Moltoni's Warbler (Curruca subalpina) | Details

Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Sylvia cantillans and S. subalpina (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as S. cantillans following AERC TAC (2003), Cramp et al. (1977-1994), Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) and Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
Brambilla, M.; Janni, O.; Guidali, F.; Sorace, A. 2008. Song perception among incipient species as a mechanism for reproductive isolation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21(3): 651-657.
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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	568,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	5,660,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	increasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population size has not been estimated since the species was split.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor
Burkina Faso	extant	native		yes
Cape Verde	extant	vagrant
France	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native		yes
Italy	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native		yes
Mauritania	extant	native		yes
Niger	extant	native		yes
Nigeria	extant	native		yes
Senegal	extant	native		yes
Spain	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Italy	Argentario, Laguna di Orbetello Lagoon e Lago di Burano
Italy	Tuscan Archipelago
Spain	Archipelago of Cabrera

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	major	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude	0 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/moltonis-warbler-curruca-subalpina on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.