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Moltoni's warbler

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Sylviidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Sylvia

Similar
  
Typical warbler, Balearic warbler, Marmora's warbler, Subalpine warbler, Tristram's warbler

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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".

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

Moltoni's warbler Wikipedia