Curruca

Curruca
Lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Curruca
Bechstein, 1802
Type species
Motacilla curruca
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

Many, see text

Synonyms

Parisoma Swainson 1832.
type Sylvia subcaerulea Vieillot.[1]

Curruca is a genus of Sylviid warblers, best represented in Europe, Africa, and Asia. All of these species were formerly placed in the genus Sylvia.

  1. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 270.