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[[Image:58woestijnbraamsluiper12.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Rob|Rob}}<br />Katwijk, the [[Netherlands]], November 2003]]
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'''Alternative name: Desert Lesser Whitethroat; Small Whitethroat'''
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''Sylvia minula''
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'''Includes: Margelanic Whitethroat'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Pale and sandy coloured with a white throat.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Xinjiang]] ([[China]]) westwards to [[Turkmenistan]] and possibly into [[Iran]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Two subspecies recognized:
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* ''C. m. margelanica'' north central China<br />
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* ''C. m. minula'' Breeds from [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]] and central [[Iran]] east through northern [[Afghanistan]] and [[Tajikistan]] to western [[China]]; winters to the south
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''Margelanica'' is sometimes split as '''Margelanic Whitethroat'''<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Deserts and woodlands.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#Wikipedia
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#BF Member observations
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Photo by Rob
Katwijk, the Netherlands, November 2003

Alternative name: Desert Lesser Whitethroat; Small Whitethroat

Curruca minula

Sylvia minula

Includes: Margelanic Whitethroat

Identification

Pale and sandy coloured with a white throat.

Distribution

Xinjiang (China) westwards to Turkmenistan and possibly into Iran.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

Margelanica is sometimes split as Margelanic Whitethroat[1].

Habitat

Deserts and woodlands.

Behaviour

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Wikipedia
  3. BF Member observations

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