{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | image = Balearic Warbler.jpg | image_caption = Adult male | status = LC | status_system =IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Curruca balearica'' (Balearic warbler) |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22734798/113119361 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22734798A113119361.en|access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> | genus = Curruca | species = balearica | authority = (von Jordans, 1913) | range_map = Sylvia_balearica_distribution_map.png | synonyms = ''Sylvia balearica'' }}

The '''Balearic warbler''' ('''''Curruca balearica''''') is a warbler species of the genus ''Curruca''. It is endemic to the Balearic Islands, apart from Menorca. It groups with 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.

==References== {{Reflist}} == Other sources == *Helbig, A. J. (2001): Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus ''Sylvia''. ''In:'' Shirihai, Hadoram: ''Sylvia warblers'': 24–29. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. <small>{{ISBN|0-691-08833-0}}</small> *Jønsson, Knud A. & '''Fjeldså''', Jon (2006): A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). ''Zool. Scripta'' '''35'''(2): 149–186. <small>{{doi|10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x}}</small> (HTML abstract)

==External links== *[http://www.birdinginspain.com/sites-and-itineraries/mallorca/boquer-valley-and-formentor-peninsula/birding-in-the-boquer-valley-itinerary.html The Balearic warbler can be readily observed on this itinerary in Mallorca]

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Category:Curruca Category:Birds described in 1820 Category:Endemic fauna of the Balearic Islands Category:Endemic birds of Spain