Greater Whitethroat - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Common Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

Identification

Large Sylvia Warbler 13-15cm. Pale legs and pale bill.
Adult male has grey head, white eye-ring and white throat.
Female has brownish head with off-white throat.

Confusion Species

Photo by Ian
Billingham, UK

Lesser Whitethroat

Distribution

Migratory,U.K. birds wintering south of Sahara

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• S. c. communis :

• Western Europe and Scandinavia to North Africa; winters to northern Africa

• S. c. volgensis:

• Eastern Europe to western Siberia

• S. c. icterops:

• Western Siberia to Iran and Asia Minor; winters to eastern Africa

• S. c. rubicola:

• North-western China and western Mongolia to Kazakstan; winters to southern Africa

Habitat

Scrubland and hedgerows are favoured.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

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References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Greater Whitethroat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Greater_Whitethroat

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