Curruca | |
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Lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sylviidae |
Genus: | Curruca Bechstein, 1802 |
Type species | |
Motacilla curruca Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
Many, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Parisoma Swainson 1832. |
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.