Lesser Whitethroat

Lesser Whitethroat

Sylvia curruca

Insufficient data
overall probability at Chitwan National Park
3 Verified records at Chitwan National Park
☀️ 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 →

Closest Relatives at Chitwan National Park

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LC

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Chrysomma sinense

5–10% · With luck
Black Drongo
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Black Drongo

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Dicrurus macrocercus

70–80% · Very likely
Large-billed Crow
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Large-billed Crow

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Corvus macrorhynchos

60–70% · Likely
Rufous Treepie
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Dendrocitta vagabunda

50–60% · Likely
Long-tailed Shrike
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Lanius schach

50–60% · Likely
Black-hooded Oriole
LC Endemic

Black-hooded Oriole

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Oriolus xanthornus

50–60% · Likely
Red-whiskered Bulbul
LC

Red-whiskered Bulbul

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Pycnonotus jocosus

50–60% · Likely
Jungle Myna
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Acridotheres fuscus

50–60% · Likely
Oriental Magpie-Robin
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Copsychus saularis

50–60% · Likely
White-browed Wagtail
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Motacilla maderaspatensis

50–60% · Likely
Indian Pied Starling
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Gracupica contra

40–50% · Likely
Common Tailorbird
LC

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Orthotomus sutorius

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Lesser Whitethroat at Chitwan National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ 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
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