Menetries's warbler

Menetries's warbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Curruca
Species:
C. mystacea
Binomial name
Curruca mystacea
(Ménétries, 1832)
Synonyms

Sylvia mystacea

Menetries's warbler or Ménétries's warbler (Curruca mystacea) is a small passerine bird of Southwest Asia belonging to the genus Curruca. The name of the species commemorates Édouard Ménétries, the French zoologist who described the species in 1832. It is closely related to the Sardinian warbler (Curruca melanocephala) of the Mediterranean basin and is similar to it in appearance.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Curruca mystacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716971A87755889. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716971A87755889.en. Retrieved 20 October 2022.