Bird Sighting
Whitethroat
Curruca communis · Sylviidae (Sylviid Warblers)
Where Whitethroat has been seen
Whitethroat in our records
- Records
- 6
- First recorded
- 17/04/2021
- Last recorded
- 09/04/2026
- Places
- Maw Green Tip, Fields Farm Flash
Recent records
About the Whitethroat
The greater whitethroat or common 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.
- Conservation status (IUCN)
- Least Concern
- Wingspan
- 20 cm
- Weight
- 1.8–14.5 g
Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5 
Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer, Museum Wiesbaden, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Martin Mecnarowski (http://www.photomecan.eu/), CC BY-SA 3.0 
Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 4.0
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common whitethroat” by its contributors (introduction, may be shortened), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with the photographer and licence under each one.