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Billingham, UK

Sylvia curruca

[edit] Identification

13cm

• Grey back
• Whitish underparts
• Grey head with a dark mask
• White throat
• Dark legs
• Dark bill

[edit] Similar Species

Photo by IanF
Billingham, UK

Greater Whitethroat

[edit] Distribution

Europe, and in western and central Asia. Accidental to Alaska with one record.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies^[1]:

• S. c. curruca:

• Western Europe to Caucasus and western Siberia; winters to central Africa

• S. c. blythi (affinis):

• Eastern Siberia to northern Altai and northern Mongolia

• S. c. halimodendri:

• Plains of lower Volga to eastern Kazakstan (Lake Zaysan) and western Altai

• S. c. caucasica:

• Mountains of Balkan Peninsula to western Iran and Caucasus Mountains

• S. c. telengitica:

• Deserts of Russian Altai to western and southern Mongolia

• S. c. jaxartica (snigirewskii):

• Plains of southern Transcaspia

[edit] Habitat

Open country and cultivation, with large bushes for nesting and some trees.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Diet includes insects, berries and other soft fruit.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is built in low shrub or brambles, and 3-7 eggs are laid.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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