Common Whitethroat
Curruca communis
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
The common whitethroat or greater whitethroat (Curruca communis) is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate western Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical Africa, Arabia, and Pakistan. Taxonomy The English ornithologist John Latham described the common whitethroat in 1783 in his A General Synopsis of Birds but introduced the binomial name Sylvia communis in the supplement to this work which was published in 1787.
La Fauvette grisette (Curruca communis) est une espèce de passereaux de la famille des Sylviidae. Description La fauvette grisette est une fauvette de taille moyenne, avec une queue relativement longue. Elle est reconnaissable à sa gorge blanche au-dessus de sa poitrine rosâtre.
La curruca zarcera (Curruca communis) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Sylviidae. Descripción La curruca zarcera presenta una longitud de 14 cm, envergadura de 22 cm, e iris castaño de 3'5 mm Ø. El plumaje pasa desapercibido, el macho posee la cabeza en un tono gris ceniza hasta debajo del ojo, con las partes superiores en pardo rojizo, con algunas plumas de las alas en color castaño, la garganta es blanca, las restantes partes inferiores grisáceas y el pecho blancuzco, ligeramente irisado de un tono marrón clarito.
Distribution
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