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Sardinian warbler
Curruca melanocephala · Family Sylviidae
Curruca melanocephala
Family Sylviidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 990,838
- Countries and territories with records
- 61
About this species
This species has 990,838 occurrence records from 61 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (50.2%), Portugal (25%), Israel (6.3%), France (4.5%) and Italy (4.2%); together they account for 90.2% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 0.95% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Curruca melanocephala combines the genus name Curruca with the species epithet melanocephala. The Warbla app catalog lists 25 species of the genus Curruca; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Curruca communis, Curruca curruca and Curruca undata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Sylviidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sylvia atricapilla. Its record count is 4.5 times the family average (217,780). The family Sylviidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.