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Common whitethroat
Curruca communis · Family Sylviidae
Curruca communis
Family Sylviidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,391,809
- Countries and territories with records
- 124
About this species
This species has 2,391,809 occurrence records from 124 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (19.3%), the Netherlands (14.8%), France (11.9%), the United Kingdom (11.5%) and Denmark (9.8%); together they account for 67.3% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.45% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Curruca communis combines the genus name Curruca with the species epithet communis. The Warbla app catalog lists 25 species of the genus Curruca; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Curruca curruca, Curruca melanocephala and Curruca undata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Sylviidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sylvia atricapilla. Its record count is 11 times the family average (217,780). The family Sylviidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.