The desert whitethroat is a typical warbler. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with the lesser whitethroat as some authorities now reinstate. These are seen as members of a superspecies. The desert whitethroat together with Hume's whitethroat form an Asian lineage in the superspecies, which have diverged into species adapted to drier lowlands and moister mountain habitats respectively. The name small whitethroat has also been used by some authors, and desert lesser whitethroat before it was split from lesser whitethroat. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Hume, AO 1873)
Reference:
Stray Feathers
1 p.198
Protonym:
Sylvia minula
Avibase ID:
26486657E69A49DA
Avibase ID:
avibase-26486657
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/26486657
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 563198
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Small or Margelanic Lesser Whitethroat [incl. jaxartica] ( Curruca [minula or margelanica, incl. jaxartica]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Small or Margelanic Lesser Whitethroat [incl. jaxartica] ( Curruca [minula or margelanica, incl. jaxartica]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Small or Margelanic Lesser Whitethroat [incl. jaxartica] ( Curruca [minula or margelanica, incl. jaxartica]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Small or Margelanic Lesser Whitethroat [incl. jaxartica] ( Curruca [minula or margelanica, incl. jaxartica]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Small or Margelanic Lesser Whitethroat [incl. jaxartica] ( Curruca [minula or margelanica, incl. jaxartica]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Small or Margelanic Lesser Whitethroat [incl. jaxartica] ( Curruca [minula or margelanica, incl. jaxartica]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Small or Margelanic Lesser Whitethroat [incl. jaxartica] ( Curruca [minula or margelanica, incl. jaxartica]) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
eBird version 2017: Desert/Margelanic Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula/margelanica) |
eBird version 2018: Desert/Margelanic Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula/margelanica) |
eBird version 2019: Lesser Whitethroat (Desert/Gansu) ( Sylvia curruca minula/margelanica) |
eBird version 2021: Lesser Whitethroat (Desert/Gansu) ( Curruca curruca minula/margelanica) |
eBird version 2022: Lesser Whitethroat (Desert/Gansu) ( Curruca curruca minula/margelanica) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Desert Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Desert Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 3] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Desert Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 3] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Sylvia minula [version 3] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Curruca [curruca, althaea, minula or margelanica]
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