Curruca communis [communis or volgensis] (Common Whitethroat [communis or volgensis])

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Common Whitethroat [communis or volgensis]

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Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sylviidae
Genus:
   Curruca
Scientific:
  Curruca communis communis

Citation:
(Latham, J 1787)

Reference:
General Synops. Birds Suppl.

Protonym:
Sylvia communis

Type locality:
'not uncommon in England,' Latham, 1783, General Synop. Birds, 2, p. 428; restricted to Kent by Clancey, 1950, Auk, 67, p. 393.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103199#page/325/mode/1up

Avibase ID:
E14B1ED33685CC45

Avibase ID:
avibase-E14B1ED3

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E14B1ED3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 917540

Geographic range:

Curruca communis communis: breeds western Europe and Scandinavia to North Africa; winters to northern Africa
Curruca communis volgensis: eastern Europe to western Siberia

English:
Common Whitethroat [communis or volgensis]
French:
Fauvette grisette [communis ou volgensis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common Whitethroat [communis or volgensis] ( Curruca communis [communis or volgensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common Whitethroat [communis or volgensis] ( Curruca communis [communis or volgensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common Whitethroat [communis or volgensis] ( Curruca communis [communis or volgensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common Whitethroat [communis or volgensis] ( Curruca communis [communis or volgensis])
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Sylvia communis communis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Sylvia communis communis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Sylvia communis communis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Curruca communis

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