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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Desert Whitethroat* |
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Sylvia minula |
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Description (10)
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Desert Whitethroat
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Other Names (World)
Desert Whitethroat, Small Whitethroat, Desert Lesser Whitethroat, Margelanic Whitethroat (margelanica)
Family
Sylviidae (Old World Warblers And Parrotbills)
Size
12.50 - 13 cm
First Described (Guide)
Hume, 1873
Habitat
Temperate grassland and desert, hot desert, arable land. From sea-level - 2,800 m.
Afghanistan (P), Bahrain (NB) (P), China (mainland) (B), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB) (P), Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan (B), United Arab Emirates, Yemen (NB).
Vagrant to Israel.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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).
Studies indicate additionally that subspecies margelanica may represent a fourth species. Further study needed. Proposed subspecies snigirewskii (from Turkmenistan) largely inseparable from, and therefore synonymized with, nominate; jaxartica (southern Kazakhstan) falls within range of clinal variation of nominate, with which likewise synonymized; poorly differentiated chuancheica (Upper Huang He, south of Gobi, in northern China) included within margelanica.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- minula Hume, 1873 - Breeds south-eastern Caspian region (south-eastern Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan) east to western China (Xinjiang), probably also eastern Iran and western Afghanistan. Non-breeding from Arabia east to north-western India.
- margelanica Stolzmann, 1898 - North central China. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Margelanic Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia margelanica).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
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