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Small Whitethroat

Curruca minula (Hume, AO 1873)

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




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sylviidae
Genus:
   Curruca
Scientific:
  Curruca minula

Original description

Citation:
  (Hume, AO 1873)

Reference:
   Stray Feathers 1 p.198

Protonym:
  Sylvia minula

Type locality:
  Bahawalpur, Yarkand, Jhansi, and Sind; restricted to Bahawalpur by Stuart Baker, 1930, Fauna Brit. India, Aves, ed. 2, 7, p. 182.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94983#page/220/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  2FAA32B06E8A9B3C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-2FAA32B0

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/2FAA32B0

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563198

English:
Small Whitethroat
Catalan:
tallareta menuda
Czech:
pěnice pustinná
Danish:
Ørkengærdesanger
German:
Buschgrasmücke
Spanish:
Curruca Chica
Finnish:
hernekerttu
French:
Fauvette minule
Italian:
Bigiarella minore
Japanese (romaji):
kohakkouchou
Japanese:
コハッコウチョウ
Lithuanian:
Oazinė devynbalsė
Dutch:
Woestijnbraamsluiper
Norwegian:
Ørkenmøller
Polish:
piegza mala
Russian:
славка-завирушка
Slovak:
penica púštna
Swedish:
Ökenärtsångare
Ukrainian:
Кропив’янка мала
Chinese:
沙白喉林莺
Chinese (Traditional):
沙白喉林鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Small Whitethroat ( Curruca minula) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Curruca curruca minula [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Curruca curruca minula [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Curruca curruca minula [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Curruca curruca minula [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Curruca curruca minula [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Curruca curruca minula
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Sylvia minula minula [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Sylvia minula minula [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Sylvia minula minula [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Small Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Desert Whitethroat ( Sylvia minula) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Sylvia curraca minula [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Curruca curruca minula [version 4]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Curruca curruca minula [version 4]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 4]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 4]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Sylvia curruca minula [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sylvia minula minula [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Curruca [minula or margelanica] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Arabic: دخلة الصحراء الصغيرة
Catalan: tallareta menuda
Czech: pěnice pustinná
Danish: Ørkengærdesanger
German: Buschgrasmücke
English: Desert lesser whitethroat, Desert Whitethroat, Small Whitethroat
Esperanto: Oazosilvio
Spanish: Curruca Chica
Estonian: nõlva-põõsalind, turkestani põõsalind
Persian: سسک نقابدار کوچک
Finnish: hernekerttu
French: Fauvette minule, Fauvette minule (nominal), Fauvette minule (nominale), Fauvette minule (race nominale)
Hebrew: סבכי קטן
Italian: Bigiarella minore
Japanese (romaji): kohakkouchou
Japanese: コハッコウチョウ
Scientific: Curruca curruca minula, Curruca curruca minulla, Curruca minula, Curruca minula minula, Curruca minula minulla, Sylvia curraca minula, Sylvia curruca minula, Sylvia curruca minulla, Sylvia minula, Sylvia minula minula, Sylvia minula minulla
Lithuanian: Oazinė devynbalsė
Dutch: Woestijnbraamsluiper
Norwegian: Ørkenmøller
Polish: piegza mala, piegża mała
Russian: Кашгарская славка, славка-завирушка
Slovak: penica púštna
Swedish: Ökenärtsångare
Ukrainian: Кропив’янка мала
Chinese: 沙白喉林莺
Chinese (Traditional): 沙白喉林鶯

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