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Curruca communis  (Latham, 1787)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1257347

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Sylvia communis Latham, 1787
  
  Common Name(s): Common Whitethroat [English]
  
    Fauvette grisette [French]
  
    papa-amoras-comum [Portuguese]
  
    Curruca zarcera [Spanish]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilySylviidae Leach, 1820  
                               GenusCurruca Bechstein, 1802  
                                  SpeciesCurruca communis (Latham, 1787) – Common Whitethroat, Fauvette grisette, papa-amoras-comum, Curruca zarcera  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesCurruca communis communis (Latham, 1787)  
                                     SubspeciesCurruca communis icterops (Ménétriés, 1832)  
                                     SubspeciesCurruca communis rubicola (Stresemann, 1928)  
                                     SubspeciesCurruca communis volgensis (Domaniewski, 1915)  
       

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  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Curruca communis, Common Whitethroat [English]   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
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