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  The Western Subalpine Warbler (Curruca iberiae) is a small typical warbler which breeds in the southernmost areas of Europe and north-western Africa. 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 fast and rattling, and is similar to the lesser whitethroat. This bird seems to be related to the Sardinian warbler–Menetries' warbler superspecies. They all have white malar areas, the heads being dark above in adult males, and naked eye-rings. These three species are related to a superspecies consisting of Rüppell's warbler and the Cyprus warbler, which also share the white malar area with blackish above.(Shirihai et al. 2001, Jønsson & Fjeldså 2006 The subalpine warbler is divided into two distinct subspecies groups, which may possibly be sufficiently diverged to qualify as two separate species (Shirihai et al. 2001). The two groups have differing male plumages, distinctive calls, and are allopatric; further study is needed. In May 2020, the IOC world bird list the split of western and eastern subalpine warbler as two distinct species. 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. Habitat and ecology This species prefers tall and dense heterogeneous maquis with sparse tree cover in dry Mediterranean areas, particularly maquis of holm oak (Quercus ilex) and those dominated by strawberry tree (Arbutus) and tree-heath (Erica). It is also frequently found in young cork oak (Quercus suber) forest and in dense but treeless bushy areas. It uses bushy formations dominated by brambles (Rubus fruticosus) along sunny ravines and valley bottoms and prefers the intermediate stages of post-wildfire succession. Breeding occurs from late March to late June and the species is monogamous. The male constructs several ‘cock nests’ but both sexes build the breeding nest which is a deep, robust cup of grasses, thin roots and leaves and lined with finer grasses, rootlets and hair. It is placed in low scrub, bush or a small tree, c. 30–130 cm above the ground. Clutches are three to five eggs. The diet is mostly small insects and their larvae but outside of the breeding season berries and fruits are also taken. The species is a long-distance migrant, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa (Aymí et al. 2015).   Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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  Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 11 March 2021 Location: Cape Greco (Κάβο Γκρέκο), Cyprus  Western Subalpine Warbler - 11 March 2021
Cape Greco (Κάβο Γκρέκο), Cyprus  Western Subalpine Warbler - 11 March 2021
Cape Greco (Κάβο Γκρέκο), Cyprus  Western Subalpine Warbler
11 March 2021 - Cape Greco (Κάβο Γκρέκο), Cyprus  Western Subalpine Warbler
11 March 2021 - Cape Greco (Κάβο Γκρέκο), Cyprus  Western Subalpine Warbler
11 March 2021 - Cape Greco (Κάβο Γκρέκο), Cyprus Western Subalpine Warbler
11 March 2021 - Cape Greco (Κάβο Γκρέκο), Cyprus  Western Subalpine Warbler
17 March 2021 - Cape Greco (Κάβο Γκρέκο), Cyprus  Western Subalpine Warbler
25 March 2021 - Lower Barrakka Gardens, Malta  Western Subalpine Warbler
25 March 2021 - Lower Barrakka Gardens, Malta  Western Subalpine Warbler
25 March 2021 - Floriana Mall, Malta  Western Subalpine Warbler
27 March 2021 - San Anton Gardens, Malta  Western Subalpine Warbler
27 March 2021 - San Anton Gardens, Malta  Western Subalpine Warbler
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