Common whitethroat (Curruca communis) UB2A6548
A juvenile.
The whitethroat is a medium-sized, long-tailed warbler of grassland, scrub and hedgerows. It is a summer visitor and passage migrant, breeding in many areas, but avoiding urban and mountainous places. Males whitethroats build nests out of twigs and roots and the females then decide which to take. whitethroats winter in Africa, leaving our shores in early October and heading as far as South Africa.
Length: 14cm
Wingspan: 20cm
Weight: 16g
Average lifespan: 2 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2015).
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/tits-crest...
Common whitethroat (Curruca communis) UB2A6548
A juvenile.
The whitethroat is a medium-sized, long-tailed warbler of grassland, scrub and hedgerows. It is a summer visitor and passage migrant, breeding in many areas, but avoiding urban and mountainous places. Males whitethroats build nests out of twigs and roots and the females then decide which to take. whitethroats winter in Africa, leaving our shores in early October and heading as far as South Africa.
Length: 14cm
Wingspan: 20cm
Weight: 16g
Average lifespan: 2 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2015).
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/tits-crest...