Balearic warbler (''Curruca balearica'') is a
typical warbler,
genus ''Curruca''. It is
endemic to the
Balearic Islands
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, apart from
Menorca. It groups with the
Marmora's warbler,
Tristram's warbler and the
Dartford warbler (Helbig 2001, Jønsson & Fjeldså 2006).
These are small, long-tailed, large-headed birds, overall very similar to their close relatives in the Dartford warbler group. Balearic warblers are grey above and pale grey below, adding a pinkish tinge. Adult males have darker patches on the forehead and between the eye and the pointed
bill. The legs and iris are red.
These small
passerine birds are found in open country with thorny bushes and heather. 3-5
eggs are laid in a
nest in a bush. Like most "
warblers", they are
insectivorous
A robber fly eating a hoverfly
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The first vertebrate insectivores were ...
.
References
*Helbig, A. J. (2001): Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus ''Sylvia''. ''In:'' Shirihai, Hadoram: ''Sylvia warblers'': 24–29. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
*Jønsson, Knud A. & Fjeldså, Jon (2006): A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). ''
Zool. Scripta'' 35(2): 149–186.
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The Balearic warbler can be readily observed on this itinerary in Mallorca
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Curruca
Birds described in 1820