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What the Siberian Rubythroat sounds like
ID tip
This species 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. The male has a red throat edged with a narrow black and then a broad white border. Females lack the brightly coloured throat and borders. The male has a song similar to a harder version of the garden warbler.
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When to see the Siberian Rubythroat
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Siberian Rubythroat
The map shades 21 countries with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, France.
About the Siberian Rubythroat
The Siberian rubythroat is a small passerine bird first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776. It 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. The Siberian rubythroat and similar small European species are often called chats.
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Easily confused with
Himalayan RubythroatCalliope pectoralisThe male is slaty brown above with a white forehead and supercilium.
Chinese RubythroatCalliope tschebaiewiThe male is slaty brown above with a white forehead and supercilium.
FirethroatCalliope pectardensThe firethroat also known as David's rubythroat or Père David's orangethroat is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae, found in western and central parts of China.
Side by side: Himalayan Rubythroat vs Siberian Rubythroat
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