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title: "Western Orphean Warbler"
description: "Curruca hortensis — Birds. The western Orphean warbler (Curruca hortensis) is an Old World warbler of the genus Curruca."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/western-orphean-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Orphean Warbler

> Curruca hortensis — Birds. The western Orphean warbler (Curruca hortensis) is an Old World warbler of the genus Curruca.

- Scientific name: *Curruca hortensis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1061
- Wikidata: [Q110257498](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110257498)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289480](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289480)

## Names

- en: Western Orphean Warbler
- de: Westliche Orpheusgrasmücke
- es: Curruca Mirlona
- fr: Fauvette orphée
- it: Bigia grossa
- pt: Toutinegra-real
- pl: Lutniczka zachodnia

## Countries with the most observations

ES (497), FR (165), DZ (90), MA (65), PT (44), DE (23), GI (4), SN (4), EH (3)

## Summary

The western Orphean warbler (Curruca hortensis) is an Old World warbler of the genus Curruca. This species occurs in summer around the Mediterranean, through western Europe and extending into northwest Africa. It is migratory, wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a rare vagrant to northern and north-western Europe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Orphean_warbler

## Photo

![Western Orphean Warbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-orphean-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: michael_martinez64 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/361922139

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-orphean-warbler?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).