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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Unlike many typical warblers, the sexes are almost identical. This is a small species with a grey back, whitish underparts, a grey head with a darker "bandit mask" through the eyes and a white throat. It is slightly smaller than the Whitethroat, and lacks the chestnut wings and uniform head-face color of that species.
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Grey back, whitish underparts, a grey head with a darker mask through the eyes and a white throat.
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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The Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca, is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India.
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[[Europe]], and in western and central [[Asia]].  
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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This is a bird of fairly open country and cultivation, with large bushes for nesting and some trees.
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Open country and cultivation, with large bushes for nesting and some trees.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The Lesser Whitethroat's song is a fast and rattling sequence of tet or che calls, quite different from the Whitethroat's scolding song.
 
  
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Like most "warblers", it is insectivorous, but will also take berries and other soft fruit.  The nest is built in low shrub or brambles, and 3-7 eggs are laid.
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Diet includes insects, berries and other soft fruit.   
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The nest is built in low shrub or brambles, and 3-7 eggs are laid.
  
  

Revision as of 14:02, 10 October 2007

Sylvia curruca
Photo by LeeDavis

Identification

Grey back, whitish underparts, a grey head with a darker mask through the eyes and a white throat.

Distribution

Europe, and in western and central Asia.


Taxonomy

Habitat

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

Behaviour

Diet includes insects, berries and other soft fruit.

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


Bird Song

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External Links

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