#0603 · 🐦 birds

Greater Whitethroat

🇳🇱 Grasmus ·Curruca communis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Oscar Valencoso - Salomé Planas · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nik Borrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mark Kilner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © cog2022 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Иван Матершев · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
7. © Вотинцевы Елена и Сергей · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common whitethroat or greater whitethroat ( Curruca communis ) is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate western Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical Africa, Arabia, and Pakistan.

base stats

NL sightings 829iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 40,570iNaturalist observations
weight 14.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).