Hume's Whitethroat - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by RJSeargent
Location: Afghanistan

Photo by RJSeargent
Location: Afghanistan

Curruca althaea

Sylvia althaea

Identification

Dark top of the head and brown back.

Distribution

Iran, Central Asia and the Himalayas.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.^[1]

No subspecies are currently recognized by most authors. From the Balkans to the Caucasus Mountains however, Sylvia curruca caucasica occurs which is intermediate between the Lesser Whitethroat and Hume's Whitethroats (Snow et al. 1998). It is presently not clear whether the eastern part of this population is correctly assigned to the European species, or consists of hybrids in a contact zone.

Photo by RJSeargent
Location: Afghanistan

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Hume's Whitethroat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hume%27s_Whitethroat

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