Spectacled Warbler

Curruca conspicillata (Temminck, 1820)

Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata is a passerine of the family Sylviidae that breeds in southwest Europe and northwest Africa, and also on some Atlantic islands. In the non-breeding season it is found in north and west Africa and Egypt. It is a bird of dry open country with bushes. Its name comes from the white eye ring shown by adult males, which also have a grey head. The species is a small warbler with brown upperparts, buff underparts, chestnut wing patches and a white throat. It nests in a bush and lays 3-6 eggs.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Sylviidae — Sylviid Babblers

Breeding range

Palearctic: sw

Nonbreeding range

nw, n AF