Thrushes (Turdidae)

Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis) - HBW 10, p. 641

French: Grive à gorge noire German: Schwarzkehldrossel Spanish: Zorzal Papinegro
Other common names: Dark-throated Thrush (when treated as conspecific with T. ruficollis)

Taxonomy: Turdus atrogularis Jarocki, 1819, Poland.
Often treated as conspecific with T. ruficollis; taxonomic separation based on several very different phenotypic characters and considerable vocal differences, but the two intergrade over wide area; further study required. Proposed race vogulorum (from Ural Mts) considered unwarranted, possibly representing clinal variation. Monotypic.

Distribution: E European Russia (Ural Mts) E to NC Siberia, S to Tarbagatay Mts and NW Mongolia; non-breeding SW & S Asia.