Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica - Gorgebleue à miroir

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Muscicapidés
Genus
:
Luscinia
Species
:
svecica

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 15 cm
Wingspan
: 23 cm.
Weight
: 15 à 23 g

Longevity

8 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Subspecific information 11 subspecies

Luscinia svecica svecica (n Europe, n Asia, n Alaska and nw Canada)
Luscinia svecica namnetum (sw and c France)
Luscinia svecica cyanecula (Netherlands and n, e France to Belarus and nw Ukraine)
Luscinia svecica azuricollis (n, c Spain)
Luscinia svecica volgae (ne Ukraine, c and e European Russia)
Luscinia svecica magna (e Turkey, the Caucasus and n Iran)
Luscinia svecica pallidogularis (Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan)
Luscinia svecica abbotti (n Afghanistan, n Pakistan and the nw Himalayas)
Luscinia svecica saturatior (mountains of c Asia)
Luscinia svecica kobdensis (w Mongolia and w China)
Luscinia svecica przevalskii (c China)

Foreign names

Gorgebleue à miroir,
Ruiseñor pechiazul,
pisco-de-peito-azul,
Blaukehlchen,
kékbegy,
Blauwborst,
Pettazzurro,
blåhake,
Blåstrupe,
slávik modrák,
slavík modráček,
Blåhals,
sinirinta,
cotxa blava,
Blábrystingur,
podróżniczek,
zilrīklīte,
modra taščica,
Варакушка,
オガワコマドリ,
蓝喉歌鸲,
นกคอมรกต,
藍喉鴝〔藍喉歌鴝，藍點頦〕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Boreal, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tr

opical Moist, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Tundra, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Freshwater Springs and Oases ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Aquaculture Ponds, Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches