Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusLuscinia (Nightingales and Allies)
- SpeciesLuscinia svecica (Bluethroat)
The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in wet birch wood or bushy swamp in Europe and across the Palearctic with a foothold in western Alaska. It nests in tussocks or low in dense bushes. It winters in the Iberian Peninsula, the northern half of Africa, and in southern Asia (among others including the Indian subcontinent). The bluethroat, and similar small European flycatchers, are often called chats. The bluethroat is similar in size to the European robin at 13–14 cm. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Sundarbans National Park
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Taiga Flycatcher
Ficedula albicilla
Verditer Flycatcher
Eumyias thalassinus
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Blue-throated Flycatcher
Cyornis rubeculoides
Blue Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitarius
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa latirostris
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Bronzed Drongo
Dicrurus aeneus
Small Minivet
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Bluethroat at Sundarbans National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there