Name: Whitethroat
Scientific name: Sylvia communis
Category: Birds
Nature Stars: 50
About: A medium-sized, long tailed warbler, about 14cm long. Whitethroat are birds of grassland scrub and hedgerows. Males are sandy grey above, with orangey fringes to the wing feathers, a pale grey head, pinky breast and bright white throat. Females are duller
How to identify: Told from the smaller Lesser Whitethroat by the rusty brown edges to the wing feathers, pinky buff chest and the longer tail.
Where: A widespread summer visitor.
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Fantastic fact: Males arrive in Britain about 10 days earlier than females, to set up territory before the females arrive.
Photograph credit: Photo credit tbc
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