Lesser Whitethroat

How to identify

Field marks

1. Gray back; whitish underparts
2. Gray head with a dark “mask” around the eyes
3. White throat
4. No chestnut on the wings

Male, female and young

Sexes almost identical.

Voice

The song is a rapid, clucking series of “tet” or “che” notes.

Similar species

Common Whitethroat

Lesser Whitethroat is slightly smaller, lacks chestnut on the wings and has uneven coloring on the head and face; its song is a rapid rattle.

Where and when it's recorded

Lesser Whitethroat has been recorded at 1,288 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 94 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Jerusalem Bird ObservatoryIsrael5,455 records
2. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE)Israel3,878 records
3. Bharatpur – Keoladeo Ghana NPIndia2,757 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaUnited KingdomIsraelUnited Arab EmiratesPolandSwedenGermanyEgypt

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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