Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyCettiidae (Bush Warblers and Allies)
- GenusCettia (Cettia Bush Warblers)
- SpeciesCettia cetti (Cetti's Warbler)
About the Cetti's Warbler
Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti) is a small, brown warbler in the family Cettiidae, which breeds in southern and western Europe, northwest Africa and the east Palearctic as far as Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan. The sexes are alike. The bird is named after the 18th-century Italian zoologist, Francesco Cetti. This species is often difficult to see because of its skulking habits.
Cetti's warbler was described in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck from specimens collected by Alberto della Marmora in Sardinia. Temminck coined the binomial name Sylvia cetti. The specific epithet was chosen to commemorate the Italian zoologist Francesco Cetti. Cetti's warbler is now placed in the genus Cettia that was erected in 1834 by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon, with Cetti's warbler as the type species.
The phylogenetic relationships among the Cettia species are shown below, based on the data by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Three subspecies are recognised: C. c. cetti (Temminck, 1820) – west Europe to Greece and the Balkans, northwest Africa
C. c. orientalis Tristram, 1867 – Turkey to Iran and Afghanistan C. c. albiventris... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Camargue
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
Skylark
Alauda arvensis
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
Eurasian Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cetti's Warbler in Camargue?
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cetti's Warbler sighting in Camargue, based on 477 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Cetti's Warbler in Camargue?
October has the highest sighting rate for Cetti's Warbler in Camargue in our monthly data.