Thrushes (Turdidae)
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
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
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A female coming back to the nest in the tundra, then feeding and warming the chicks Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (svecica)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2008 46 weeks ago 45 sec 4.6 -
A female coming back to the nest in the tundra, then incubating and leaving Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (svecica)
Laurent Demongin 10 July 2008 46 weeks ago 48 sec 4.3 -
A male in breeding plumage singing in the tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (svecica)
Laurent Demongin 26 June 2008 46 weeks ago 46 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 Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (svecica)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2008 46 weeks ago 1 min 3 sec 4.2 -
A male singing Pivot fields, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates (svecica)
Eric Roualet 28 February 2008 1 year ago 7 sec 4 -
An adult male preening Pivot fields, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates (svecica)
Eric Roualet 28 February 2008 1 year ago 7 sec 3.9
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A dorsal view of a bird on a branch. Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh, India
J.M. Garg 18 January 2009 20 weeks ago 4 -
Bluethroat, female, lateral view. Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 11 May 2007 30 weeks ago 4 -
adult male caught for ringing Camargue, France (cyanecula)
Georges Olioso 10 October 2006 38 weeks ago 4 -
In Farmland. Lamma Island, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 20 January 2007 50 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male in breeding plumage perched on its favourite singing place Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (svecica)
Laurent Demongin 26 June 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
Bluethroat, adult male, front/lateral view. Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern) (svecica)
Mark Andrews 14 May 2008 30 weeks ago 3.5
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A male singing Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern)
(svecica)
Laurent Demongin 26 June 2008 4 weeks ago 4 -
Song of a male Flevoland, Netherlands
(cyanecula)
Stuart Fisher 1 June 2002 16 weeks ago 4 -
A male alarming near the nest Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern)
(svecica)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2008 4 weeks ago 3 -
A male alarm calling (presumably near nest site) Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands
(cyanecula)
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 48 weeks ago 3
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