---
title: "Fauvette grignette"
description: "Curruca subcoerulea — Oiseaux. The chestnut-vented warbler, chestnut-vented tit-babbler or rufous-vented warbler (Curruca subcoerulea) is an Old World warbler of the family Sylviidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/chestnut-vented-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fauvette grignette

> Curruca subcoerulea — Oiseaux. The chestnut-vented warbler, chestnut-vented tit-babbler or rufous-vented warbler (Curruca subcoerulea) is an Old World warbler of the family Sylviidae.

- Scientific name: *Curruca subcoerulea*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1085
- Wikidata: [Q28360931](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28360931)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289485](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289485)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-vented Warbler
- de: Meisengrasmücke
- es: Curruca sureña
- fr: Fauvette grignette
- it: Silvia culorossiccio
- pt: Toutinegra-azulada
- pl: Pokrzewka złowroga

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (713), NA (252), BW (37), ZW (12)

## Summary

The chestnut-vented warbler, chestnut-vented tit-babbler or rufous-vented warbler (Curruca subcoerulea) is an Old World warbler of the family Sylviidae.
The chestnut-vented warbler breeds in southern Africa in Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique and Eswatini. This is a common species found in a range of habitats including fynbos, scrub, thickets and dry riverbeds.

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

## Photo

![Fauvette grignette](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-vented-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94110286

## Machine access

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