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🌍🌏 Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

The Bluethroat is a small songbird with a striking blue throat, especially in males during breeding season. Females have a duller brown throat. They have a rufous patch on their flanks and a distinctive, rufous-based tail. Found in a variety of wetland habitats across Europe and Asia, including marshes, bogs, and fens. They are migratory, breeding in the north and wintering in southern Europe, Africa, and Asia. Bluethroats are insectivores, foraging for insects on the ground or in low vegetation. Eleven subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by Takashi_Yanagisawa via Pixabay

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Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica). Adult male. Distribution: Palearctic realm. Conservation status: Least Concern. CC: MNRE 📷: Photo by el_buho via Pixabay 2022

The photo shows a small, robin-sized bird with a distinctive appearance. Males are unmistakable with their bright blue throat bordered by black, white, and chestnut. Females and juveniles are much duller, lacking the vibrant blue throat patch. All Bluethroat subspecies have a rufous base to their tail feathers and a strong white eyebrow.

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