Biology:Tristram's warbler

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Short description: Species of bird

Tristram's warbler
SylviaDeserticolaKeulemans.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Curruca
Species:
C. deserticola
Binomial name
Curruca deserticola
(Tristram, 1859)
Synonyms

Sylvia deserticola

Cuculus canorus bangsi (cuckoo) eggs in a Sylvia deserticola clutch MHNT

Tristram's warbler (Curruca deserticola) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. Its natural habitat is subtropical dry shrubland.

The species is named after Reverend Henry Baker Tristram, who also collected natural history specimens.[1]

References

  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 342–343. 

Wikidata ☰ Q110257525 entry