Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica] (Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat)

Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat

Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica] (= 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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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sylviidae
Genus:
   Curruca
Scientific:
  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:
9A2295A6A2DA7B9D

Avibase ID:
avibase-9A2295A6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9A2295A6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 563190

Geographic range:

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
Curruca margelanica: north-central China

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat
French:
Fauvette babillarde, F. minule ou F. de Margelan

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Sylvia [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat ( Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica])
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Fauvette babillarde ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Lesser Whitethroat ( Sylvia curruca) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Curruca [curruca, althaea, minula or margelanica]

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Arabic: أبيض الحنجرة الصغير
Azerbaijani: Çərənçi silvi
Belarusian: Леска-завірушка
Bulgarian: Малко белогушо коприварче
Bengali: ছোট ধলাগলা
Breton: Ar bagous gwenn
Catalan: Tallarol xerraire
Catalan (Balears): Busqueret xerraire
Valencian: Busquereta mosquitera
Montenegrin: grmuša čavrljanka
Czech: pěnice pokřovní
Welsh: Llwydfron fach
Danish: Gærdesanger
German: Klappergrasmucke
Greek: Βουνοτσιροβάκος
Greek (Cypriot): Συκαλλίδι
English: Lesser Whitethroat, Lesser, Small or Margelanic Whitethroat
Esperanto: babilema silvio
Spanish: Curruca Zarcerilla
Estonian: nõlva-põõsalind
Basque: Sasitxinbotxo
Persian: سسک نقابدار معمولی
Finnish: hernekerttu
Faroese: Notuljómari
French: Fauvette babillarde, Fauvette babillarde, F. minule ou F. de Margelan
Frisian: Toarnhipperke
Irish: Gilphíb Bheag
Gaelic: Gealan Coille Beag
Galician: Papuxa cincenta
Manx: Fynnag veg
Hebrew: סבכי טוחנים
Croatian: Grmuša čevrljinka
Hungarian: Kis poszáta
Armenian: Մորու Շահրիկ
Icelandic: Netlusöngvari
Italian: Bigiarella
Japanese (romaji): konodojiromushikui
Japanese: コノドジロムシクイ
Japanese (Kanji): カシミア虫喰
Georgian: მქირდავი ასპუჭაკა, მცირე თეთრყელა ასპუჭაკა
Kazakh: Боз сандуғаш
Kazakh (Transliteration): boz sandwğaş
Korean: 쇠흰턱딱새
Korean (Transliteration): soe-huin-teok-ttak-sae
Cornish: Gudhykwyn lyha
Scientific: Curruca [curruca, minula or margelanica], Curruca curruca, Curruca curruca curruca, Motacilla Curruca, Sylvia [curruca, minula or margelanica], Sylvia curruca, Sylvia curruca curruca
Luxembourgish: Babbelgraatsch
Lithuanian: Pilkoji devynbalse
Latvian: Gaišais ķauķis
Macedonian: Белогушо коприварче
Mongolian: Тарчигнаа зээржигэне
Mongolian (Transliteration): tarchignaa zerjigen
Maltese: Bekkafik Irmiedi
Nepali: श्वेतकण्ठ फिस्टो
Dutch: Braamsluiper
Norwegian: Møller
Polish: piegza, piegża
Pinyin: bái-hóu lín-yīng
Portuguese: Papa-amoras-cinzento
Romansh: fustgetta baterlunza
Romanian: Silvie mică
Russian: Славка-завирушка, Славка-мельничек
Scots: Gealan coille beag
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Heen Gelasudu Rusiraviya
Slovak: penica popolavá
Slovenian: mlinarcek
Albanian: Bilbilthi i zakonshëm
Serbian: grmuša čevrljinka
Swedish: Ärtsångare
Thai: นกคอขาวน้อย
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰoaa-kʰăaw nóaay
Turkish: Küçük akgerdanlı ötleğen
Tuvinian: Чүгенниг ыраажывай
Ukrainian: Кропив'янка прудка
Vietnamese: Chim Chích họng trắng nhỏ
Chinese: 白喉林莺
Chinese (Traditional): 白喉林鶯
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 白喉林鶯
Chinese (Taiwan): 白喉林莺