Siberian rubythroat

Siberian rubythroat
Luscinia calliope male
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Luscinia
Species:	L. calliope
Binomial name
Luscinia calliope (Pallas, 1776)
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Summer      Winter

The Siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of the family Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.

It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in mixed coniferous forest with undergrowth in Siberia. It nests near the ground. It winters in Thailand, India and Indonesia. It is an extremely rare vagrant to Western Europe, having occurred on a very few occasions as far west as Britain. It is also an extremely rare vagrant to the Aleutian Islands, most notably on Attu Island.

The Siberian rubythroat is slightly larger than the European robin. It is plain brown above except for the distinctive black tail with red side patches. It has a strong white supercilium.

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Female

The male has a red throat edged with a narrow black and then a broad white border. It has a strong white supercilium. Females lack the brightly coloured throat and borders.

The male has a song like a harder version of the garden warbler.

Notes

4- A Guide to the Birds of Thailand - Boonsong Lekagul, Philip D. Round, Mongkol Wongkalisn, Kamol Komolphalin, Ben King.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Luscinia calliope at Wikispecies
• Luscinia calliope in the Flickr: Field Guide Birds of the World
• Luscinia calliope on Avibase