One of the 5 warblers on WAnimals
Birds · Passeriformes · Sylviidae
Dartford Warbler
Curruca undata
Near Threatened
It could become threatened in the near future if current threats go unchecked.
The Dartford warbler is a small, dark bird with a wine-coloured belly and a long tail that it usually holds cocked, closely tied to low Mediterranean scrub. It is resident across almost all its range, which makes it vulnerable to hard winters and to fire. Spain holds most of the world population. Its decline is caused by the loss of scrub to repeated fires, land clearance and afforestation, and has taken the species into the near-threatened category.
Weight
8 g – 12 g
Size
12 cm – 14 cm
Life expectancy
5 years
