Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
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- 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 →
Recent sightings of Cetti's Warbler in Sierra Nevada National Park
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Turdus merula
European Serin
Serinus serinus
Eurasian Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Great Tit
Parus major
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala
Spotless Starling
Sturnus unicolor
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Eurasian Magpie
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White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
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 Sierra Nevada National Park?
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cetti's Warbler sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park, based on 445 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Cetti's Warbler in Sierra Nevada National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Cetti's Warbler in Sierra Nevada National Park in our monthly data.