Lesser Whitethroat

Sylvia curruca

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderPasseriformes
FamilySylviidae (Sylviid Warblers and Allies)
GenusSylvia
SpeciesSylvia curruca (Lesser Whitethroat)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Vatnajokull National Park

1 Verified records at Vatnajokull 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 Vatnajokull National Park

Sylvia atricapilla

Sylvia borin

Turdus iliacus

Acanthis flammea

Anthus pratensis

Motacilla alba

Corvus corax

Plectrophenax nivalis

Regulus regulus

Troglodytes troglodytes

Turdus merula

Sturnus vulgaris

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📅 Monthly Probability

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

☀️ When They're Spotted

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

☀️Diurnal

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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Lesser Whitethroat

Closest Relatives at Vatnajokull National Park

Blackcap

Garden Warbler

Redwing

Common Redpoll

Meadow Pipit

White Wagtail

Common Raven

Snow Bunting

Goldcrest

Eurasian Wren

Eurasian Blackbird

European Starling

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found