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Siberian Rubythroat

Luscinia calliopeOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Thrushes (Turdidae)

Siberian Rubythroat Breeding Male Portrait
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General

Siberian Rubythroat: Medium-sized thrush with olive-brown upperparts, bright red throat, gray breast and sides, and white belly. Head has white stripes above and below eyes. Wings and tail are olive-brown. Female is duller and has white throat.

Range and Habitat

Siberian Rubythroat: Breeds throughout Asia and eastern Europe. Spends winters in southern Asia. Rare in North America but is an annual migrant through the western Aleutians and St. Lawrence Islands. Frequents open grasslands with scattered thickets.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"feeyoueet-feeyoueet"

Interesting Facts

 The Siberian Rubythroat was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.

 It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.

 A group of thrushes are collectively known as a "hermitage" and a "mutation" of thrushes.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Thrush (Turdidae)_blue
Species Luscinia calliope
Length6 Inches
Wingspan10 Inches

Siberian Rubythroat

Siberian Rubythroat: Medium-sized thrush with olive-brown upperparts, bright red throat, gray breast and sides, and white belly. Head has white stripes above and below eyes. Wings and tail are olive-brown. Often cocks tail upward. Forages on ground for various insects and berries.

● Song: "feeyoueet-feeyoueet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Siberian Rubythroat: Feeds on insects, worms and various berries; forages on the ground or in bushes.

● Breeding & nesting: Siberian Rubythroat: Four to six pale blue eggs, sometimes speckled with brown, are laid in a nest made of stems, grass, fibers, hair, and plant down, and built on the ground near a shrub or tree. Eggs are incubated for 14 days by the female.

● Similar species: Siberian Rubythroat: Bluethroat has streaked black necklace and shows dark brown terminal tail band and rufous patches at base of tail in flight.

Flight Pattern

Rather swift direct flight, deliberate and on rapidly beating wings.
Siberian Rubythroat Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Siberian Rubythroat: Breeds throughout Asia and eastern Europe. Spends winters in southern Asia. Rare in North America but is an annual migrant through the western Aleutians and St. Lawrence Islands. Frequents open grasslands with scattered thickets.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.7 Ounces