Name: Whitethroat, Common
Scientific name: Sylvia communis
Type: Whitethroat
Color: Brown,Grey,White
Habitat: Fields
Size: 13cm
Conservation status:
Passage Migrant
Description:
A middle-sized warbler resembles Lesser Whitethroat, but differs in having chestnut fringes to coverts and secondaries. Tail is slightly longer, legs are orange and eye ring is white. Females and 1st winter birds birds lack the grey wash present in males, with dark iris (not orange). Similar to Lesser Whitethroat but can always be identified by orange legs.
