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Lesser Whitethroat

Curruca curruca

IUCN: Least Concern
Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Curruca curruca
Family
Sylviidae, order Passeriformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

A tiny winter traveller from far away.

  • Spot it Grey head, darker cheek and a clean white throat.
  • Home Breeds in Europe and Asia; winters in scrub and fields of South Asia.
  • Food web Eats insects and berries on its journey.
  • Why it matters Eats many small insects during its winter stay, and its long migration links ecosystems across continents.

Read more: Lesser whitethroat on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 3 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2019 and 2026, in Jaipur and Sisiyawas.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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