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Common Whitethroat
Sylvia communis Latham, 1787
Also calledCierniówka (pol) · Curruca Zarcera (spa) · Dorngrasmücke (deu) · Fauvette grisette (fra) · Grasmus (nld) · Heckegraatsch (ltz) · Mezei poszáta (hun) · Papa-amoras-comum (por) · Pensaskerttu (fin) · Sterpazzola (ita) · Törnsångare (swe) · Кропив'янка сіра (ukr) · Кропив’янка сіра (ukr) · ak gerdanli ötleğen (tur)
First described in: Latham, John. 1787. Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds. Leigh & Sotheby, London.: i-iii, 1-298, , pls.107-119.
The greater whitethroat or common whitethroat (Curruca communis) is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate western Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical Africa, Arabia, and Pakistan.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
materials_examined
3 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Sazlıdere Reservoir; 2021 - 04 - 25; (Table 3) • 9 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Sazlıdere Reservoir; 2021 - 05 - 03; (Table 3) • 4 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Sazlıdere Reservoir; 2021 - 05 - 16; (Table 3) • 4 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Sazlıdere Reservoir; 2021 - 05 - 23; (Table 3) • 2 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Catalca, Bahşayış meadow; 2021 - 05 - 03; (Table 5) • 1 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Catalca, Bahşayış meadow; 2021 - 05 - 16; (Table 5) • 2 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Catalca, Riparian Habitat; 2021 - 04 - 25; (Table 6) • 1 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Catalca, Riparian Habitat; 2021 - 04 - 27; (Table 6) • 4 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Catalca, Riparian Habitat; 2021 - 05 - 03; (Table 6) • 1 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Catalca, Riparian Habitat; 2021 - 05 - 16; (Table 6) • 15 ex.; Turkey, Istanbul Province, Catalca, Riparian Habitat; 2021 - 05 - 23; (Table 6).
Nakkas Highway Bird Surveys Report 2021
materials_examined
1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie, Lubanowo; (Table 6) • 1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie, from Sosnowo southward to Banie; (Table 6) • 1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie, between Baniewice and Swobnica; (Table 6) • 1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie, Lubanowo; (Table 10) • 1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie, from Sosnowo southward to Banie; (Table 10) • 1 ex.; Poland, West Pomerania, Gryfino, Banie, between Baniewice and Swobnica; (Table 10).
Report on the environmental impact of the project involving a change in the number and parameters of the wind power plants at the planned Banie III wind farm
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Description
This is one of several Curruca species that has distinct male and female plumages. Both sexes are mainly brown above and buff below, with chestnut fringes to the secondary remiges. The adult male has a grey head and a white throat. The female lacks the grey head, and the throat is duller. The whitethroat's song is fast and scratchy, with a scolding tone. The hoarse, slightly nasal, call sounds like wed-wed or woid-woid. The warning cry is long-pulled, rough tschehr which resembles that of the Dartford warbler.
Range & habitat
This is a bird of open country and cultivation, with bushes for nesting. The nest is built in low shrub or brambles, and 3–7 eggs are laid. Like most warblers, it is insectivorous, but will also eat berries and other soft fruit. In Europe, western and eastern populations of common whitethroats have contrasting moulting and pre-migratory fueling strategies to capitalise on food supplies before departing their breeding and non-breeding grounds.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2492943.