Sylvia communis

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Sylvia communis - greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts

greater whitethroat, whitethroat

warbler - a small active songbird

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Diolch yn fawr iawn i Ieuan Wyn, Bethel am ein goleuo mai enw arall ar y llwydfron (Sylvia communis), y Whitethroat yn Saesneg, ydi'r gegwen a'i fod hefyd yn cael ei alw'n ddryw gwyn.

Meddyginiaethau llwyth y Cherokee

`Amid dog roses, ash trees and flowery fields, blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla, chiffchaffs Phylloscopus collybita, willow warblers Phylloscopus trochilus and whitethroats Sylvia communis pour forth their springtime song, children build houses in the trees and dens in the abandoned ammunition bunkers, teenagers ride mountain bikes and grown-ups stroll with their dogs, while water voles Arvicola terrestris amphibius, now scarce in the countryside, busy themselves in the beck.'

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Wrth gerdded drwy'r warchodfa roedd y llwydfron (Sylvia communis; whitethroat) a chorhedydd y waun (Anthus pratensis; meadow pipit) yn canu.