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Cetti's warbler

Cettia cetti (Temminck, 1820)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti) is a species in the family Cettiidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 11.5 g to 15.7 g and live up to 7.55 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti)
Photo: Luiz Lapa from Oeiras, Portugal · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the cetti's warbler

Weight
11.5 g – 15.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
17 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
7.55 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
7.6 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the cetti's warbler?

CETTI'S WARBLER · WINGSPAN 17 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 17 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the cetti's warbler is about 10% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Photos of the cetti's warbler

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Where does the cetti's warbler live?

Not recorded

What is the cetti's warbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti) is a small, brown warbler in the family Cettiidae, which breeds in southern and western Europe, northwest Africa and the east Palearctic as far as Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan. The sexes are alike. The bird is named after the 18th-century Italian zoologist, Francesco Cetti. This species is often difficult to see because of its skulking habits.

From the Wikipedia article “Cetti's warbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cetti%27s_warbler&oldid=1365193293), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the cetti's warbler sound like?

Joost van Bruggen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the cetti's warbler endangered?

The cetti's warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the cetti's warbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCettiidae
  6. genusCettia
  7. SpeciesCettia cetti (Temminck, 1820)

Synonyms Bradypterus cetti, Bradyptetus platyurus, Calamodyta cetti, Calamoherpe cetti, Cettia altisonans, Cettia cettioides, Cettia scalenura, Cettia stoliczkae, Curruca cetti, Phragmites cetti, Potamodus cetti, Salicaria carex, Salicaria cetti, Sylvia cetti

Other names and names in other languages (69)
  • Cetti’s warblerEnglish
  • هازجة سيتيArabic
  • charretaAsturian
  • Qamış bülbülüAzerbaijani
  • Йырсы ҡурҙайBashkir
  • Свилено шаварчеBulgarian
  • Gourmenig-CettiBreton
  • Rossinyol bordCatalan
  • rossinyol bord comúCatalan
  • КымдапачMari
  • cetie jižníCzech
  • Telor CettiWelsh
  • Telorion CettiWelsh
  • CettisangerDanish
  • SeidensängerGerman
  • ΨευταηδόνιGreek
  • Ευρωπαϊκό ψευταηδόνιGreek
  • ĈetioEsperanto
  • eŭropa ĉetioEsperanto
  • Cetia ruiseñorSpanish
  • kalda-rädilindEstonian
  • ErrekatxindorBasque
  • سسک چتیPersian
  • سسک دم پهنPersian
  • silkkikerttunenFinnish
  • Bouscarle de CettiFrench
  • Ceolaire ceitíIrish
  • Ceolaire CettiIrish
  • Reiseñor da augaGalician
  • Kiaulleyder CettiManx
  • צטיה חלודיתHebrew
  • צטיהHebrew
  • svilorepaCroatian
  • berki poszátaHungarian
  • Լայնապոչ եղեգնաթռչնակArmenian
  • BlæsöngvariIcelandic
  • Usignolo di fiumeItalian
  • ヨーロッパウグイスJapanese
  • Жалпаққұйрық бұлбұлшаKazakh
  • SeidesängerLuxembourgish
  • plačiauodegė četijaLithuanian
  • cetijaLatvian
  • свиларчеMacedonian
  • Cettis sangerNorwegian Bokmål
  • Cetti's ZangerDutch
  • cetti’s zangerDutch
  • WierzbówkaPolish
  • wierzbówka (zwyczajna)Polish
  • Wierzbówka zwyczajnaPolish
  • rouxinol-bravoPortuguese
  • rouxinol-bravo-ocidentalPortuguese
  • StufăricăRomanian
  • ШирокохвосткаRussian
  • Соловьиная камышовкаRussian
  • Соловьиная широкохвосткаRussian
  • Широкохвостая камышовкаRussian
  • SilkevizarNorthern Sami
  • cetia západnáSlovak
  • svilnicaSlovenian
  • Svilorepi cvrčićSerbian
  • Свилорепи цврчићSerbian
  • cettisångareSwedish
  • sumpcettiaSwedish
  • KamışbülbülüTurkish
  • очеретянка середземноморськаUkrainian
  • широкохвістка середземноморськаUkrainian
  • Rossignòl de valVenetian
  • 宽尾树莺Chinese
  • 寬尾樹鶯Chinese

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Relatives of the cetti's warbler

Other species in the same genus Cettia.

CompareCetti's warbler vs Grey-sided bush warblerCetti's warbler vs Chestnut-headed tesiaCetti's warbler vs Chestnut-crowned bush warbler

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cetti's warbler?

An adult cetti's warbler weighs 11.5 g – 15.7 g and has a wingspan of 17 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cetti's warbler endangered?

The cetti's warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the cetti's warbler live?

The cetti's warbler has a recorded lifespan of 7.55 years.

What kind of animal is the cetti's warbler?

The cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti) belongs to the family Cettiidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{cettis_warbler_2026,
  title = {Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cettis-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}