Whitethroat
Sylvia communis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies)
- GenusSylvia
- SpeciesSylvia communis (Whitethroat)
Closest Relatives at Lake Nakuru National Park
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin
Brown Warbler
Sylvia lugens
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Northern Anteater-Chat
Myrmecocichla aethiops
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Whitethroat in Lake Nakuru National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Whitethroat sighting in Lake Nakuru National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Whitethroat in Lake Nakuru National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Whitethroat in Lake Nakuru National Park in our monthly data.