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Lesser whitethroat
Curruca curruca · Family Sylviidae
Curruca curruca
Family Sylviidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,404,911
- Countries and territories with records
- 110
About this species
This species has 1,404,911 occurrence records from 110 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (32%), Denmark (11.7%), Finland (9%), India (6.6%) and the United Kingdom (5.8%); together they account for 65.1% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.44% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Curruca curruca combines the genus name Curruca with the species epithet curruca. The Warbla app catalog lists 25 species of the genus Curruca; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Curruca communis, Curruca melanocephala and Curruca undata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Sylviidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sylvia atricapilla. Its record count is 6.5 times the family average (217,780). The family Sylviidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.