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Bluethroat

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) at Ichkeul

Song recorded in Chukotka, Russia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Luscinia
Species:	L. svecica
Binomial name
*Luscinia svecica* (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution of the bluethroat (orange: breeding range; blue: non-breeding range)
Synonyms
Motacilla svecica Linnaeus, 1758 Cyanecula svecica

The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.

It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in wet birch wood or bushy swamp in Europe and across the Palearctic with a foothold in western Alaska. It nests in tussocks or low in dense bushes. It winters in the Iberian Peninsula, the northern half of Africa, and in southern Asia (among others including the Indian subcontinent).

The bluethroat bird is similar in size to the European robin at 13–14 cm. It is plain brown above except for the distinctive black tail with red side patches. It has a strong white supercilium. Despite the distinctive appearance of the males, recent genetic studies show only limited variation between the forms, and confirm that this is a single species.^[2] Moults begins in July after breeding and are completed in 40–45 days, before the birds migrate.^[3]

The male has a varied and very imitative song.^[4] Its call is a typical chat chack noise.

Subspecies

See the Wikispecies page.

Females of all subspecies usually have just a blackish crescent on an otherwise cream throat and breast. Newly fledged juveniles are freckled and spotted dark brown above.

Etymology

The genus name Luscinia is Latin for the common nightingale. The specific epithet svecica is from Neo-Latin Suecicus meaning "Swedish". The colours of the male's breast were thought to evoke the Swedish flag, the yellow in the flag being more orange hued in the 17th and 18th centuries.^[5]

Gallery

Male (L. s. volgae), Elektrougli, Russia
Male (L. s. cyanecula), Biebrzaski, Poland
Bluethroat male calling at Jamnagar, India
Female at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Red-spotted race
Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
Riyadh, KSA 1992

References

^ BirdLife International. (2019). "Cyanecula svecica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22709707A137567006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22709707A137567006.en. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^ Zink RM, RM; Drovetski SV; Questiau S; Fadeev IV; Nesterov EV; Westberg MC; Rohwer S. (2003). "Recent evolutionary history of the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) across Eurasia" (PDF). Molecular Ecology. 12 (11): 3069–75. Bibcode:2003MolEc..12.3069Z. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01981.x. PMID 14629386. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-04-04.
^ RSPB Handbook of British Birds (2014). UK ISBN 978-1-4729-0647-2.
^ Metzmacher M. (2008) Les Grillons, muses de la Gorgebleue à miroir blanc (Luscinia svecica cyanecula) ? Parcs & Réserves, 63 : 17-19.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. pp. 233, 375. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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Taxon identifiers

Luscinia svecica

Wikidata: Q26578
Wikispecies: Luscinia svecica
ABA: blueth
ADW: Luscinia_svecica
Avibase: AFD6FD811AA7D6A7
BioLib: 8868
BirdLife: 22709707
BOLD: 9582
BOW: blueth
BTO: bob11060
CoL: 3WFWC
eBird: blueth
EURING: 11060
Fauna Europaea: 97175
Fauna Europaea (new): 2bf1b6e2-ee02-46dc-804c-cd17174e702a
GBIF: 4408732
GNAB: bluethroat
iNaturalist: 13071
IRMNG: 10594377
ITIS: 179818
IUCN: 22709707
NBN: NHMSYS0000530465
NCBI: 52792
Observation.org: 62
OBIS: 1037315
Open Tree of Life: 274225
Paleobiology Database: 430363
TSA: 9712
WoRMS: 1037315
Xeno-canto: Luscinia-svecica

Motacilla svecica

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