Cyprus Warbler (Curruca melanothorax)
About the Cyprus Warbler
The Cyprus warbler (Curruca melanothorax) is a warbler species in the family Sylviidae which breeds only on Cyprus. This small passerine bird is a short-distance migrant, and winters in Israel, Jordan and Egypt. The Cyprus warbler was first formally described in 1872 by the English clergyman, Bible scholar, traveller and ornithologist Henry Baker Tristram with its type locality given as En-Gedi in Palestine. It was formerly classified in the genus Sylvia but this genus is split into two distinctive clades, and most of the species formerly classified in Sylvia were move to the genus Curruca.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 4 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Israel in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Barred WarblerCurruca nisoriarecording
- Common WhitethroatCurruca communisrecording
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undatarecording
- Hume's WhitethroatCurruca althaearecording
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucarecording
- Marmora's WarblerCurruca sardarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.