#0719 · 🐦 birds
Lesser Whitethroat
🇳🇱 Braamsluiper ·Curruca curruca
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what is it?
The lesser whitethroat ( Curruca curruca ) is a common and widespread typical 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.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 117 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 18,623 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Nederlands
- Braamsluiper
- scientific name
- Curruca curruca
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Sylviidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 117
- sightings in Europe
- 11,135
- sightings worldwide
- 18,623
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sylviidae
#0603 📷 7Greater Whitethroat
🇳🇱 Grasmus
Curruca communis
LC 👀 829 in NL
#0604 📷 10Eurasian Blackcap
🇳🇱 Zwartkop
Sylvia atricapilla
LC 👀 781 in NL
#0692 📷 7Garden Warbler
🇳🇱 Tuinfluiter
Sylvia borin
LC 👀 174 in NL
#0891 📷 10Dartford Warbler
🇳🇱 Provençaalse Grasmus
Curruca undata
NT 👀 6 in NL
#0912 📷 9Barred Warbler
🇳🇱 Sperwergrasmus
Curruca nisoria
LC 👀 5 in NL
#0954 📷 8Sardinian Warbler
🇳🇱 Kleine Zwartkop
Curruca melanocephala
LC 👀 2 in NL
#0969 📷 10Western Subalpine Warbler
🇳🇱 Westelijke Baardgrasmus
Curruca iberiae
👀 2 in NL
#1013 📷 10Eastern Subalpine Warbler
🇳🇱 Balkanbaardgrasmus
Curruca cantillans
LC 👀 1 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1289484, Wikidata Q110257504, GBIF 11034996, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.