Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca).

Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller

grayish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts

common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown

The Whitethroat, Sylvia communis, is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate western Asia.