Thrushes (Turdidae)
White-tailed Rubythroat (Luscinia pectoralis) - HBW 10, p. 750
French: Rossignol à gorge rubis
German: Bergrubinkehlchen
Spanish: Ruiseñor Pechinegro
Other common names: Rubythroat, Black-breasted Rubythroat, Himalayan Rubythroat
Taxonomy: Calliope pectoralis Gould, 1837, Western Himalayas.
Sometimes placed in genus Erithacus. Vocalizations very similar to those of L. calliope; race tschebaiewi appears intermediate between nominate race and that species, suggesting that a single species may be involved. Geographical variation somewhat clinal. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ballioni Severtsov, 1873 - Tien Shan S to S Tadjikistan (Pamir range) and NE Afghanistan; non-breeding S Asia.
- pectoralis (Gould, 1837) - SE Afghanistan and NW Himalayas E to C Nepal.
- confusa Hartert, 1910 - E Nepal and Sikkim.
- tschebaiewi (Przevalski, 1876) - N Kashmir, S, E & NE Tibetan Plateau, C China (N & NW Sichuan, NW Yunnan) and N Myanmar; non-breeding NE India.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male singing on the top of a tree Locality Kazakhstan (ssp pectoralis)
Jean Hupperetz 31 May 1999 10 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
A male flying from the top of a tree Locality Kazakhstan (ssp pectoralis)
Jean Hupperetz 31 May 1999 10 years ago 14 sec 4.1 -
A male perched and singing before flying away Locality Bolshoe Almatinskoe Lake, Ile Alatau National Park, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp ballioni)
Greg Baker 23 May 2008 1 year ago 40 sec 4 -
A closer view of a male Locality Astronomical Observatory, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp ballioni)
Eric Roualet 28 May 2012 48 weeks ago 13 sec 3.4 -
A frontal view of male singing in a bush Locality Big Almaty Lake, Ile Alatau National Park, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp ballioni)
Eric Roualet 29 May 2012 48 weeks ago 24 sec 3.2 -
A male showing tail pattern Locality Astronomical Observatory, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp ballioni)
Eric Roualet 29 May 2012 48 weeks ago 10 sec 3.2 -
A male foraging on a foothpath, and briefly preening. Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp pectoralis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 32 sec 3.1 -
A male in a tree, raising its tail Locality Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp tschebaiewi)
Keith Blomerley 14 August 2005 6 years ago 9 sec 2.8 -
A male singing from the tree topp Locality Astronomical Observatory, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp ballioni)
Eric Roualet 28 May 2012 48 weeks ago 9 sec 2.6
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