![]() However, things weren’t always as simple as this during the second half of the 20th century. Nowadays, these two names are considered as synonyms, with the priority given to the former (Baccetti et al. Orlando described a new subspecies from Sardinia as Sylvia cantillans moltonii. Temminck in 1820 from birds collected in northern Italy. The Moltoni’s Warbler was described as Sylvia subalpina by C. ![]() Warbler: from an invalid ‘subspecies’ to a full species A detailed study published in 2020 confirmed the three-way-split and more, see this for a summary: “Split of Western and Eastern Subalpine Warblers confirmed”. The information below is now old but still useful as a background. albistriata in north-eastern Italy, the Balkans and Turkey, and 3) S. cantillans in Iberia, southern France and Italy, plus the birds breeding in the Western Mediterranean islands were also considered to belong to cantillans 2) S. Until the 1990s, only three subspecies were recognised: 1) the nominate S. ![]() The Subalpine Warbler complex ( sensu lato) is a polytypic species, but the number of ‘subspecies’ considered as valid changed over time. ![]()
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