Whitethroat
Sylvia communis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies)
- GenusSylvia
- SpeciesSylvia communis (Whitethroat)
Closest Relatives at Tsavo West National Park
Banded Warbler
Sylvia boehmi
Barred Warbler
Sylvia nisoria
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
Slate-colored Boubou
Laniarius funebris
📅 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 Tsavo West National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Whitethroat sighting in Tsavo West National Park, based on 146 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Whitethroat in Tsavo West National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Whitethroat in Tsavo West National Park in our monthly data.