English: Common
Whitethroat, Greater Whitethroat, Eurasian Whitethroat
Russian: Серая славка
Mongolian: Шөвгөр зэржигэнэ
German: Dorngrasmucke
French: Fauvette grisette
Japanese: ノドジロムシクイ (Nodojiro-mushikui)
Body length: 13-15 cm
Wing span: 18-23 cm
Breeding visitor /passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August
Egg number: 4-5 (occasionally 3-7)
Egg colour: Greenish with darker grey spots
and blotches.
Brood:
1 per year
Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern
Food: Arthropods including beetles,
grasshoppers, flies and their larvae.
Habitat: Nests in thickets, bushes, scrub and
young deciduous trees in river valleys. The nest is placed in tall shrub or low
plants. The nest is loosely built, with a fairly deep cup of dry grass and
roots, lined with roots, lined with roots and hair, usually dark, and some
plant material, down and wool.