Sylvia communis

Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Greater Whitethroat, Fauvette grisette (French)
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  • Xeno Canto
  • IUCN Red List

Learn some Oxford birds while in lockdown

Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the World
Category
Educational materials, Europe, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Naming, Names
Summary
A short movie featuring 31 species local to Oxford with habitat and song to help people learn to recognise the songs they hear
Animals
Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird), Erithacus rubecula (European Robin), Troglodytes troglodytes (Northern Wren), Columba palumbus (Common Woodpigeon), Fringilla coelebs (Common Chaffinch), Parus major (Great Tit), Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian Blue Tit), Periparus ater (Coal Tit), Prunella modularis (Dunnock), Cuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo), Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Eurasian Bullfinch), Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker), Picus viridis (Eurasian Green Woodpecker), Carduelis carduelis (European Goldfinch), Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap), Passer domesticus (House Sparrow), Certhia familiaris (Eurasian Treecreeper), Strix aluco (Tawny Owl), Milvus milvus (Red Kite), Buteo buteo (Eurasian Buzzard), Alauda arvensis (Eurasian Skylark), Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian Collared-dove), Regulus regulus (Goldcrest), Phylloscopus collybita (Common Chiffchaff), Sylvia communis (Common Whitethroat), Sitta europaea (Eurasian Nuthatch), Turdus philomelos (Song Thrush), Delichon urbicum (Northern House Martin), Apus apus (Common Swift), Pica pica (Eurasian Magpie), Garrulus glandarius (Eurasian Jay)