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Photo by Marc Delsalle

Alternative name: Common Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

[edit] Identification

Large Sylvia Warbler 13-15cm. Pale legs and pale bill.
Adult male has grey head, white eye-ring and white throat.
Female has brownish head with off-white throat.

[edit] Confusion Species

Photo by IanF
Billingham, UK

Lesser Whitethroat

[edit] Distribution

Migratory,U.K. birds wintering south of Sahara

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• S. c. communis :

• Western Europe and Scandinavia to North Africa; winters to northern Africa

• S. c. volgensis:

• Eastern Europe to western Siberia

• S. c. icterops:

• Western Siberia to Iran and Asia Minor; winters to eastern Africa

• S. c. rubicola:

• North-western China and western Mongolia to Kazakstan; winters to southern Africa

[edit] Habitat

Scrubland and hedgerows are favoured.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

• List of references

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