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 NR    Hume's Whitethroat* Id (Atlas):
    Sylvia althaea

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Hume's Whitethroat, Mountain Lesser Whitethroat

Family
Sylviidae (Old World Warblers And Parrotbills)

Size
13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hume, 1878

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B) (P), Bahrain, India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Israel, Kazakhstan, Kuwait (NB) (P), Kyrgyzstan (P), Pakistan (B), Saudi Arabia (P), Sri Lanka, Tajikistan (B), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan.

Vagrant to Oman.

Breeds from southern Kazakhstan (Karatau Mts) east to south-western and central Tien Shan, southern in mountains to north-western Himalayas, Afghanistan, south-eastern Iran and western Pakistan, probably also in southern Turkmenistan and north-eastern Iran (Kopet Dag); non-breeding from southern Iran (probably also southern Iraq and southern Afghanistan) east to southern India and Sri Lanka, probably also south-eastern Arabian Peninsula.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca), Hume's Whitethroat (Sylvia althaea) and Desert Whitethroat (Sylvia minula) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993), cross-regional species, are retained as separate species contra AERC TAC (2003) who include althaea and minula as subspecies of Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca).

Systematics of this species and Desert Whitethroat (Sylvia minula) and Margelanic Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia margelanica) controversial. All traditionally considered conspecific.

Birds from Alai and Pamir Ranges east to Tien Shan sometimes separated as subspecies monticola, but considered not reliably distinguishable from those in rest of range.


References
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Files:
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