Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilySylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies)
GenusSylvia (Sylvia Warblers)
SpeciesSylvia communis (Whitethroat)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Plitvice Lakes National Park

3 Verified sightings at Plitvice Lakes National Park From 2019 to 2026

5,874 Verified sightings across all 52 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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.

The English ornithologist John Latham described the Greater 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. The specific communis is Latin for "common". The common whitethroat is now placed in the genus Curruca that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802.

This species may appear to be closely related to the lesser whitethroat, the species having evolved only during the end of the last ice age similar to the willow warbler and chiffchaffs. However, researchers found the presence of a white throat is an unreliable morphological marker for relationships in Curruca, and the greater and lesser whitethroats are not closely related. A molecular phylogenetic study of the Sylviidae published in 2011 found that within the genus Curruca the common whitethroat... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Plitvice Lakes National Park

Sylvia atricapilla

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Sylvia curruca

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sylvia nisoria

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Fringilla coelebs

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

LC Endemic

Parus major

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

LC Endemic

Turdus merula

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Erithacus rubecula

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Sitta europaea

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Poecile palustris

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Phylloscopus collybita

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Turdus philomelos

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

LC Endemic

Motacilla cinerea

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

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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

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	~30%
2	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	~20%
3	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	~20%
4	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~20%
5	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
6	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	~10%
7	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
8	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	~10%
9	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	~10%
10	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
11	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	~10%
12	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	~10%
13	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
14	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
15	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
16	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
17	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	~10%
18	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
19	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
20	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
21	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
22	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
23	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
24	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
25	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
26	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
27	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
28	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	<5%
29	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
30	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
31	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
32	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
33	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
34	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
35	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
36	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
37	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
38	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
39	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
40	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
41	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	Insufficient data
42	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
43	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	Insufficient data
44	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
45	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	Insufficient data
46	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
47	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
48	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	Insufficient data
49	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	Insufficient data
50	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
51	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
52	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data

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Whitethroat

About the Whitethroat

Closest Relatives at Plitvice Lakes National Park

Blackcap

Lesser Whitethroat

Barred Warbler

Chaffinch

Great Tit

Eurasian Blackbird

European Robin

Eurasian Nuthatch

Marsh Tit

Common Chiffchaff

Song Thrush

Grey Wagtail

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found