Thrushes (Turdidae)
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) - HBW 10, p. 748
French: Gorgebleue à miroir
German: Blaukehlchen
Spanish: Ruiseñor Pechiazul
Taxonomy: Motacilla svecica Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden and Lappland.
Sometimes placed in genus Erithacus. Geographical variation marked, but considerable intergradation of races. Race saturatior sometimes merged with pallidigularis; described race tianshanica (Pamirs, Tien Shan) synonymized with latter. Ten subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- svecica (Linnaeus, 1758) - Scandinavia and N Asia, and NW North America (Alaska, extreme NW Canada); non-breeding S Europe, and N & N tropical Africa, Arabia and S & E Asia.
- namnetum Mayaud, 1934 - SW & C France; non-breeding SW Portugal and Morocco.
- cyanecula (Meisner, 1804) - Netherlands, N & E France and N & C Spain E to Belarus and NW Ukraine; non-breeding Europe and N & N tropical Africa.
- svecica (Linnaeus, 1758) - Scandinavia and N Asia, and NW North America (Alaska, extreme NW Canada); non-breeding S Europe, and N & N tropical Africa, Arabia and S & E Asia.
- namnetum Mayaud, 1934 - SW & C France; non-breeding SW Portugal and Morocco.
- cyanecula (Meisner, 1804) - Netherlands, N & E France and N & C Spain E to Belarus and NW Ukraine; non-breeding Europe and N & N tropical Africa.
- volgae (O. Kleinschmidt, 1907) - NE Ukraine and C & E European Russia; non-breeding NE Africa and SW Asia.
- magna (Zarudny & Loudon, 1904) - E Turkey, Caucasus area and NW Iran; non-breeding Arabia and NE Africa.
- pallidigularis (Zarudny, 1897) - plains of Kazakhstan and Transcaspia E to Tien Shan and Pamirs; non-breeding SW & S Asia.
- saturatior (Sushkin, 1925) - C Asian mountains; non-breeding S Asia.
- abbotti (Richmond, 1896) - N Afghanistan and NW Himalayas; non-breeding N India.
- kobdensis (Tugarinov, 1929) - W Mongolia and W China (Xinjiang); non-breeding S & SE Asia.
- przevalskii (Tugarinov, 1929) - C China (C & E Qinghai to Nan Shan and E to Ala Shan and Ordos Plateau); non-breeding E China.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female coming back to the nest in the tundra, then feeding and warming the chicks Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp svecica)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2008 2 years ago 45 sec 4.7 -
only one bird there Locality Long Valley, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Vicky Cheng 22 November 2010 1 year ago 1 min 5 sec 4.5 -
A male Locality Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp svecica)
Eric Roualet 29 August 2007 1 year ago 23 sec 4.5 -
A male in breeding plumage singing in the tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp svecica)
Laurent Demongin 26 June 2008 2 years ago 46 sec 4.4 -
A female coming back to the nest in the tundra, then incubating and leaving Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp svecica)
Laurent Demongin 10 July 2008 2 years ago 48 sec 4.3 -
A male coming back to the nest in the tundra while the female is sitting on the chicks, then feeding and giving care to them Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp svecica)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2008 2 years ago 1 min 3 sec 4.2
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Bluethroat's male singing his love song.
Locality Masovian Province, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 22 April 2006 1 year ago 4.7 -
BlueThroat
Locality Qatar
sulqatar 50 weeks ago 4.5 -
standing on reeds at a sewage pond
Locality Harod Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 5 December 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica), adult, male
Locality Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany
Kilian Wasmer 20 May 2010 37 weeks ago 4.4 -
male on the ground
Locality The Btecha (Jordan River Delta), Jordan Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 26 March 2009 39 weeks ago 4.4 -
Still showing white spot, so in winter colours
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 48 weeks ago 4.4
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A male singing Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp svecica)
Laurent Demongin 26 June 2008 2 years ago 4.5 -
A male alarming Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp svecica)
Laurent Demongin 20 July 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Alarm calls, short soft tik tik Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp svecica)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1984 1 year ago 4 -
Song of a male Locality Flevoland Province, Netherlands
(ssp cyanecula)
Stuart Fisher 1 June 2002 2 years ago 4 -
A male alarming near the nest Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp svecica)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2008 2 years ago 3 -
A male alarm calling (presumably near nest site) Locality Castricum, North Holland Province, Netherlands
(ssp cyanecula)
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 2 years ago 3
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