| Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus, 1758)) |
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Scientific name: Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus, 1758) Common name: Lesser Whitethroat Other names: Other scientific name: Curruca curruca. French name: Fauvette babillarde Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae Size: Body size: 12.5 to 14 cm; Weight: 10 to 16 g; Wingspan: 16.5 to 20.5 cm. Habitat: Bushes, hedgerows, waste lands, parks and gardens. Food: Lesser Whitethroats essentially feed on insects but they can supplement their diet with some berries or fruits in autumn. Nesting: The rather small nest is usually placed low inside a dense bush. There is one clutch of 3 to 7 eggs per year. Migration: Europe, missing in the Iberian Peninsula, in southern Italia, in Ireland, in Iceland and in northern regions. Temperate Asia east to China. Geographic area: Lesser Whitethroats winter in tropical Africa north of the equator, in the Arabian Peninsula and in India. |
The plumage of the Lesser Whitethroat is dull brown above and off-white below. The throat is white. The head is grey with a darker band running over the cheek and the eye. Flight feathers and rectrices are dark brown. The outer rectrices have a thin white border. The dark eye is outlined with whitish especially visible downwards. The legs are black. |
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Our bed and breakfast in Balatonfüred had a small garden which must have sheltered a clutch of Lesser Whitethroats. I took a few minutes to take pictures and we didn't disturb the Lesser Whitethroats any longer. There are many things to see in the surrounding area. |
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The bill was full of larvae and insects at each pass. |
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I have tried to record the song but without any success. No time to sing when you are busy feeding the clutch. |
André Bon February 2022