Thrushes (Turdidae)

Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope) - HBW 10, p. 750

French: Rossignol calliope German: Rubinkehlchen Spanish: Ruiseñor Calíope
Other common names: Rubythroat, Red-necked Nightingale

Taxonomy: Motacilla Calliope Pallas, 1776, between the Yenisei and the Lena Rivers, Russia.
Sometimes placed in genus Erithacus. Vocalizations very similar to those of L. pectoralis, and apparent intermediacy of race tschebaiewi of latter suggests that a single species may be involved. Geographical variation weak and clinal; proposed E races camtschatkensis and beicki considered unwarranted. Monotypic.

Distribution: C Ural Mts and Siberia E to Anadyr, Kamchatka, Commander Is, S to N Mongolia, N Korea, N Japan and Kuril Is, also C China (NE Qinghai, SW Gansu, N Sichuan); non-breeding S & SE Asia, Taiwan and Philippines.