Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus, 1758).

Length 13.5 cm. This is a slim, medium-sized warbler with grey upper parts, dusky head, and white-edged dusky tail. There is a distinct dark patch on the ear coverts; the throat is white. The Lesser Whitethroat is found in gardens, parks with tall bushes, scrub, and plantations although during migration it may be seen in a variety of habitats, mostly in trees. It feeds chiefly on invertebrates, also berries and forages in bushes and trees taking insects from leaves, twigs, and bark. This is one of the commonest migrants in Egypt and is also an uncommon winter visitor in Upper Egypt between Qena and Aswan. It may be seen in the Eastern and Western Deserts, Sinai, the Nile Valley and the Delta.