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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) >> Whitethroat (Tornsanger / Sylvia communis) (updated:2005-07-27) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
| The Whitethroat L 13-15cm (5.1-5.9") breeds in open landscapes with scrubs and hedges and at tidal meadows with small bushes. Sings from top of a bush or in a short hopping song flight. The nest is build in dense bushes. The Whitethroat is a pretty large and long-tailed warbler. The bill is robust with a lighter basis. It has pretty strong yellow-brown legs. It has wide rust-brown edges on the primaries and secondaries and a grey-brown back. The tail sides are white. The adult male has a grey head with a white eye-ring and throat, a rose toned breast. The iris is ochre-red. It often has a startled appearance. |
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| Sc | Sylvia communis | ||||
| En | Whitethroat | ||||
| Da | Tornsanger | ||||
| No | Tornsanger | ||||
| Sv | Törnsċngare | ||||
| De | Dorngrasmücke | ||||
| Fr | Fauvette grisette | ||||
| Es | Curruca Zarcera | ||||
| It | Sterpazzola | ||||
 Whitethroat (Tornsanger / Sylvia communis) |
 Whitethroat (Tornsanger / Sylvia communis) |
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