Common whitethroat

Common whitethroat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Curruca
Species:
C. communis
Binomial name
Curruca communis
(Latham, 1787)
Range of C. communis
  Breeding
  Passage
  Non-breeding
Synonyms

Sylvia communis Latham, 1787
Sylvia cinerea Bechstein 1803

The common whitethroat or greater whitethroat (Curruca communis) is a common and widespread typical 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.

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