Whitethroat
Sylvia communis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies)
- GenusSylvia
- SpeciesSylvia communis (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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Awash National Park
Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin
Banded Warbler
Sylvia boehmi
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Somali Fiscal
Lanius somalicus
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
African Gray Flycatcher
Bradornis microrhynchus
Nile Valley Sunbird
Hedydipna metallica
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Whitethroat at Awash National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there