Moltoni's warbler

Moltoni's warbler
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sylviidae
Genus:	Sylvia
Species:	S. subalpina
Binomial name
Sylvia subalpina (Temminck, 1820)

Moltoni's warbler (Sylvia subalpina) is a small typical warbler which breeds in Italy, Sardinia, southern France, southern Spain, and the Balearic Islands. The genus name is from Modern Latin silvia, a woodland sprite, related to silva, a wood. The specific subalpina is Latin for "below the mountains".^[1]

This is a bird of dry open country, often on hill slopes, with bushes for nesting. The nest is built in low shrub or gorse, and 3–5 eggs are laid. Like most "warblers", it is insectivorous, but will also take berries.

It used to be considered a subspecies of the subalpine warbler.

References

1. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 369, 376. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.