Lesser Whitethroat

Lesser Whitethroat

Sylvia curruca

5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Awash National Park
9 Verified records at Awash National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in the western and central Palearctic. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India. Unlike many sylviid warblers, the sexes are almost identical. This is a small species with a grey back, whitish underparts, a grey head with a darker "bandit mask" through the eyes and a white throat. It is slightly smaller than the common whitethroat, and lacks the chestnut wings and uniform head-face colour of that species. The lesser whitethroat's song is a fast and rattling sequence of tet or che calls, quite different from the common whitethroat's scolding song. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Whitethroat sighting in Awash National Park, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Awash National Park

Garden Warbler
LC

Garden Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sylvia borin

Insufficient data
Whitethroat

Whitethroat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sylvia communis

Insufficient data
Banded Warbler

Banded Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sylvia boehmi

Insufficient data
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
LC

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dinemellia dinemelli

60–70% · Likely
Isabelline Wheatear
LC

Isabelline Wheatear

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oenanthe isabellina

50–60% · Likely
Fork-tailed Drongo
LC

Fork-tailed Drongo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dicrurus adsimilis

50–60% · Likely
Somali Fiscal
LC

Somali Fiscal

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Lanius somalicus

50–60% · Likely
Greater Blue-eared Starling
LC

Greater Blue-eared Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

40–50% · Likely
African Gray Flycatcher
LC

African Gray Flycatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Bradornis microrhynchus

40–50% · Likely
Nile Valley Sunbird
LC

Nile Valley Sunbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hedydipna metallica

40–50% · Likely
Red-billed Quelea
LC

Red-billed Quelea

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Quelea quelea

40–50% · Likely
Superb Starling
LC

Superb Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis superbus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
5–10
Feb
5–10
Mar
<5
Apr
5–10
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
5–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Probability
1 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
2 Hemis National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
3 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
20–30%
4 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
20–30%
5 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
6 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
7 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
10–20%
8 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
10–20%
9 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
10–20%
10 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
5–10%
11 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
5–10%
12 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
5–10%
13 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
5–10%
14 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
5–10%
15 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
16 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
17 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
18 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
19 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
20 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
<5%
21 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
22 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
23 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
24 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
25 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
26 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
27 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
28 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
29 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
30 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Lesser Whitethroat in Awash National Park?

About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Whitethroat sighting in Awash National Park, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Lesser Whitethroat in Awash National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Lesser Whitethroat in Awash National Park in our monthly data.

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