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Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca curruca
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About the Lesser Whitethroat
The lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in the western and central Palearctic. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India. Unlike many sylviid 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 common whitethroat, and lacks the chestnut wings and uniform head-face colour of that species.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Curruca curruca
- Family
- Sylviid Warblers and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
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