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Spectacled Warbler
Curruca conspicillata (Temminck, 1820)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The spectacled warbler (Curruca conspicillata) is a species of passerine bird in the warbler genus Curruca in the family Sylviidae. The specific conspicillata is from Latin conspicillum, a place to look from, equivalent to "spectacled". It breeds in northwest Africa, southwest Europe from Iberia to Italy, and then further east on the eastern Mediterranean islands and coastal regions. It is mainly resident in Africa, but other populations migrate to winter more widely in north and west Africa and Egypt. This bird is a rare vagrant to northern and western Europe. It also occurs in some Atlantic islands. The subspecies orbitalis has been proposed for those of the Cape Verde Islands. The presumed subspecies for the Madeira birds, bella, is today usually included in this taxon, as are the birds of the Canary Islands, where the species is quite common except on El Hierro and known as zarzalero y ratonero. These are very small "warblers" and are intermediate between common whitethroats and Tristram's warbler in coloration.
Wikipedia contributors, Spectacled warbler; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:15:23.788970+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Curruca conspicillata (Temminck, 1820)
- Name authority
- (Temminck, 1820)
- Common name
- Spectacled Warbler
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Genus
- Curruca
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familySylviidae Leach, 1820
- genusCurruca Bechstein, 1802
- speciesCurruca conspicillata (Temminck, 1820)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Curruca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria (Bechstein, 1792) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded ParisomaCurruca boehmi (Reichenow, 1882) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea (Vieillot, 1817) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca (Linnaeus, 1758) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown ParisomaCurruca lugens (Rüppell, 1840) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yemen WarblerCurruca buryi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1913) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nana Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tristram's WarblerCurruca deserticola (Tristram, 1859) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea (Ménétriés, 1832) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina (Temminck, 1820) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae (Svensson, 2013) | SylviidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sylvia conspicillata Temminck, 1820 Temminck, 1820 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1257348 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:DDBNY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.