| Common whitethroat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sylviidae |
| Genus: | Curruca |
| Species: | C. communis
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| Binomial name | |
| Curruca communis (Latham, 1787)
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| Range of C. communis Breeding Passage Non-breeding
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| Synonyms | |
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Sylvia communis Latham, 1787 | |
The common whitethroat or greater whitethroat (Curruca communis) is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate western Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical Africa, Arabia, and Pakistan.
- ^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Curruca communis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22716910A155623300. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22716910A155623300.en. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 273–274.