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| Ole Thorsen | profile | all galleries >> Birds and other animals (updated:2014-10-06) >> Garden & Forest Birds - One gallery for each bird (updated:2014-10-06) >> Lesser Whitethroat (Gærdesanger / Sylvia curruca) (updated:2008-09-14) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | 
| The Lesser Whitethroat L 11,5-13,5cm (4.5-5.3") breeds in open woodland with bushes and cloughs, in gardens with hedges and berry bushes, at graveyards, in needle woodland. Nesting in dense bushes. The Lesser Whitethroat is a small but robust and pretty short tailed warbler. The back and wings are tan brown with a grey tail. The bill is short and dark with a lighter grey blue basis. The ear is darker grey than the head. The legs is dark grey and the underside is light beige and the throat is white. It has a half thin white eye-ring underneath, and some birds have a weak light grey eyebrow. | Names: | ||||
| Sc | Sylvia Curruca | ||||
| En | Lesser Whitethroat | ||||
| Da | Gærdesanger | ||||
| No | Møller | ||||
| Sv | Ärtsångare | ||||
| De | Klappergrasmücke | ||||
| Fr | Fauvette babillarde | ||||
| Es | Curruca Zarcerilla | ||||
| It | Bigiarella | ||||
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