Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies)
- GenusSylvia
- SpeciesSylvia curruca (Lesser Whitethroat)
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% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Whitethroat sighting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, based on 33 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
Asian Desert Warbler
Sylvia nana
Whitethroat
Sylvia communis
Barred Warbler
Sylvia nisoria
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
Isabelline Shrike
Lanius isabellinus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti
Common Raven
Corvus corax
White-winged Snowfinch
Montifringilla nivalis
Asian Short-toed Lark
Alaudala cheleensis
Rock Petronia
Petronia petronia
📅 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 Lesser Whitethroat in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park?
About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Whitethroat sighting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, based on 33 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Lesser Whitethroat in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Lesser Whitethroat in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in our monthly data.