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Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]
Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] (= Curruca curruca curruca) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
The lesser whitethroat is a common and widespread typical 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. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Sylviidae
Genus:
Curruca
Scientific:
Curruca curruca curruca
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Sylviidae
Genus:
Curruca
Scientific:
Curruca curruca curruca
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.184
Protonym:
Motacilla Curruca
Type locality:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1909, Vogel Pal. Fauna, p. 588.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/203/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
6AF3187002858E84
Avibase ID:
avibase-6AF31870
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6AF31870
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 917525
Geographic range:
- Curruca curruca [curruca or caucasica]: breeds Europe eastward to western Russia (approximately to the Ural Mountains), the Caucasus, Türkiye, and western Iran; winters primarily in northeastern Africa, less commonly westward to Senegambia
- Curruca curruca blythi: eastern Siberia to northern Altai and northern Mongolia
- Curruca curruca [halimodendri or telengitica]: breeds central Asian steppes, from the lower Ural River and Transcapia eastward to western Mongolia; primarily winters in southwestern Asia (southeastern Iran to northwestern India), but perhaps also in eastern Africa
Source: Clements checklist
Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]
French:
Fauvette babillarde [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri ou telengitica]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] ( Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] ( Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] ( Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] ( Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] ( Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] ( Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] ( Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] ( Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica] ( Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| Clements, version 2017: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| Clements, version 2018: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2017: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2018: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2019: Lesser Whitethroat (Lesser) ( Sylvia curruca curruca/blythi/halimodendri) |
| eBird version 2021: Lesser Whitethroat (Lesser) ( Curruca curruca curruca/blythi/halimodendri) |
| eBird version 2022: Lesser Whitethroat (Lesser) ( Curruca curruca curruca/blythi/halimodendri) |
| eBird version 2023: Lesser Whitethroat (Lesser) ( Curruca curruca curruca/blythi/halimodendri) |
| eBird version 2024: Lesser Whitethroat (Lesser) ( Curruca curruca curruca/blythi/halimodendri) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Curruca curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Curruca curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Curruca curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Curruca curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Lesser Whitethroat ( Curruca curruca) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Lesser Whitethroat ( Curruca curruca) [version 3] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Sylvia curruca [version 3] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Curruca curruca
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Kleinwitkeelsanger (Klein)
Arabic: هازجة بيضاء الحنجرة صغرى (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Asturian: Papuda centroeuropea (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Azerbaijani: Çərənçi silvi (curruca/blythi/halimodendri yarımnövü)
Belarusian: Леска-завірушка
Bulgarian: Малко белогушо коприварче, Малко белогушо коприварче (ssp. curruca/blythi/halimodendri), Малко коприварче
Bengali: ছোট ধলাগলা
Breton: Devedig-drez
Catalan: Tallarol xerraire, Tallarol xerraire (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Czech: pěnice pokřovní, pěnice pokřovní (ssp. curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Danish: Gærdesanger, Gærdesanger, Almindelig
German: Klappergrasmücke, Klappergrasmücke (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Greek: Βουνoτσιρoβάκoς, Βουνοτσιροβάκος (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
English: Lesser Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat (Lesser), Lesser Whitethroat [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica], Lesser Whitethroat [nominate, excl. jaxartica]
English, HBW: Lesser Whitethroat (Lesser Whitethroat)
English (IOC): Lesser Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat (Lesser)
English (United States): Lesser Whitethroat (Lesser)
Esperanto: Babilema silvio
Spanish: Curruca Zarcerilla, Curruca Zarcerilla (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Spanish (Spain): Curruca Zarcerilla, Curruca zarcerilla (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Spanish (HBW): Curruca zarcerilla
Estonian: väike-põõsalind
Basque: Sasi-txinbotxo, Sasi-txinbotxoa (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Persian: سسک گلوسفید کوچک, سسک گلوسفید کوچک (curruca/blythi/halimodendri), سسک نقابدار معمولی
Finnish: hernekerttu, hernekerttu (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Faroese: Notuljómari, Notuljómari (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
French: Fauvette babillarde, Fauvette babillarde (curruca), Fauvette babillarde [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica], Fauvette babillarde [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri ou telengitica], Fauvette babillarde [nominal]
Frisian: Toarnhipperke
Irish: Gilphíb bheag
Gaelic: Geallan coille beag
Galician: Papuxa cincenta, Papuxa cincenta (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Manx: Fynnag veg
Hebrew: סבכי טוחנים, סבכי טוחנים (קבוצה מערבית)
Croatian: Grmuša čevrljinka, Grmuša čevrljinka (curruca/blythi/halminodendri)
Hungarian: kis poszáta, Kis poszáta (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Armenian: Մորու շահրիկ, Մորու շահրիկ (Փոքր)
Icelandic: Netlusöngvari, Netlusöngvari (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Italian: Bigiarella, Bigiarella (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Japanese (romaji): konodojiromushikui
Japanese: コノドジロムシクイ, コノドジロムシクイ（curruca／blythi／halimodendri）
Georgian: მცირე თეთრყელა ასპუჭაკა
Korean: 쇠흰턱딱새, 쇠흰턱딱새 (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Cornish: Gudhykwyn lyha
Scientific: Curruca curruca, Curruca curruca [curruca, blythi, caucasica, halimodendri or telengitica], Curruca curruca [curruca, excl. jaxartica], Curruca curruca curruca, Curruca curruca curruca/blythi/halimodendri, Motacilla Curruca, Sylvia curruca, Sylvia curruca [curruca, excl. jaxartica], Sylvia curruca curruca, Sylvia curruca curruca/blythi/halimodendri
Luxembourgish: Babbelgraatsch
Lithuanian: Pilkoji devynbalse, Pilkoji devynbalsė, Pilkoji devynbalsė (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Latvian: gaišais ķauķis, Gaišais ķauķis (curruca/blythi/halminodendri)
Macedonian: Мало грмушарче
Mongolian: Тарчигнаа зэржгэнэ, Тарчигнаа зэржгэнэ (curruca/blythi/halminodendri)
Maltese: Bekkafik irmiedi
Dutch: Braamsluiper, Braamsluiper (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Norwegian Nynorsk: Møllar
Norwegian: Møller, møller (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Polish: piegza, piegża, piegża (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Portuguese: papa-amoras-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal): Papa-amoras-cinzento, Papa-amoras-cinzento (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Rhaeto-Romance: Fustgetta baterlunza
Romanian: Silvie mică
Russian: Славка-завирушка, Славка-завирушка (curruca/blythi/halminodendri), Славка-завирушка (Славка-мельничек), Славка-мельничек
Northern Sami: Heartavizar
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Heen Gelasudu Rusiraviya
Slovak: penica popolavá, penica popolavá (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Slovenian: mlinarček, Mlinarček (curruca/blythi/halminodendri)
Albanian: Bilbilthi i zakonshëm
Serbian: Grmuša čavrljanka, Grmuša čavrljanka (evroazijska/arabijska)
Swedish: ärtsångare, ärtsångare (curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
Thai: นกคอขาวน้อย, นกคอขาวน้อย (ยูเรเชีย), นกคอขาวน้อย (ยูเรเชีย/คาซัคสถาน)
Turkish: Küçük Ak Gerdanlı Ötleğen, Küçük ak gerdanlı ötleğen (curruca/blythi/halimodendri), Küçük akgerdanlı ötleğen
Ukrainian: Кропив’янка прудка, Кропив'янка прудка, Кропив'янка прудка (curruca/blythi/hamertoni)
Chinese: 白喉林莺
Chinese (Traditional): 白喉林鶯, 白喉林鶯(curruca/blythi/halimodendri)
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