Species profile
Hume's Whitethroat
Sylvia althaea
Quick answer
Mts. of e Iran to Afghanistan and n India; winters to s India
- Scientific name
- Sylvia althaea
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sylvia
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- Abyssinian Catbird (Parophasma galinieri)
- African Desert Warbler (Sylvia deserti)
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- Asian Desert Warbler (Sylvia nana)
- Balearic Warbler (Curruca balearica)
- Balearic Warbler (Sylvia balearica)
- Banded Warbler (Sylvia boehmi)