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title: "Sterpazzolina"
description: "Curruca cantillans — Uccelli. The eastern subalpine warbler (Curruca cantillans) is a small Sylviidae warbler which breeds in the southernmost areas of Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-subalpine-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sterpazzolina

> Curruca cantillans — Uccelli. The eastern subalpine warbler (Curruca cantillans) is a small Sylviidae warbler which breeds in the southernmost areas of Europe.

- Scientific name: *Curruca cantillans*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1151
- Wikidata: [Q110257508](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110257508)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289200](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289200)

## Names

- en: Eastern Subalpine Warbler
- de: Balkan-Bartgrasmücke
- es: Curruca carrasqueña oriental
- fr: Fauvette des Balkans
- it: Sterpazzolina
- pt: Toutinegra-dos-balcãs
- pl: Pokrzewka wąsata

## Countries with the most observations

GR (369), IT (215), HR (167), AL (32), TR (27), FR (25), ME (23), IL (20), GB (8), MK (8), DE (6), CY (5)

## Summary

The eastern subalpine warbler (Curruca cantillans) is a small Sylviidae warbler which breeds in the southernmost areas of Europe. It was first described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Motacilla cantillans. The specific cantillans is Latin for "warbling" from canere, "to sing". 
Like most Curruca species, it has distinct male and female plumages. The adult male has a grey back and head, brick-red underparts, and white malar streaks ("moustaches"). The female is mainly brown above, with a greyer head, and whitish below with a pink flush. The subalpine warbler's song is…

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

## Photo

![Sterpazzolina](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-subalpine-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francesco Cecere · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8546374

## Machine access

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