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 4 years ago 45 sec 4.7 -
Male wintering in the marsh Locality Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2013 6 weeks ago 34 sec 4.5 -
A male perched and calling whilst carrying food Locality Fokstumyra, Dombas, Oppland County, Norway (ssp svecica)
Greg Baker 10 July 1999 13 weeks ago 59 sec 4.5 -
only one bird there Locality Long Valley, Hong Kong
Vicky Cheng 22 November 2010 2 years ago 1 min 5 sec 4.4 -
A male Locality Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp svecica)
Eric Roualet 29 August 2007 2 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A male wintering in the marsh Locality Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 53 sec 4.4
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Bluethroat's male singing his love song.
Locality Masovian Province, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 22 April 2006 2 years ago 4.7 -
Adult male singing.
Locality North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Paul Cools 18 March 2012 29 weeks ago 4.7 -
Male, singing in the reed
Locality Zevenhuizerplas, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 7 April 2012 1 year ago 4.6 -
standing on reeds at a sewage pond
Locality Harod Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 5 December 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
BlueThroat
Locality Qatar
sulqatar 2 years ago 4.5 -
Male of Bluethroat
Locality Sierra de Gredos Regional Park, Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp cyanecula)
Jesús Giraldo Gutiérrez d... 20 May 2009 38 weeks ago 4.5
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A male singing Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp svecica)
Laurent Demongin 26 June 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
A male alarming Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp svecica)
Laurent Demongin 20 July 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Alarm calls, short soft tik tik Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp svecica)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1984 3 years ago 4 -
Song of a male Locality Flevoland Province, Netherlands
(ssp cyanecula)
Stuart Fisher 1 June 2002 3 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 3 years ago 3 -
A male alarm calling (presumably near nest site) Locality Castricum, North Holland Province, Netherlands
(ssp cyanecula)
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 4 years ago 3
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