Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Bluethroat

Saturday, 28 January 2023

Bluethroat

Order - Passeriformes

Family - Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers)

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

蓝喉歌鸲 (lán-hóu gē-qú)

Malay : Murai-Kecil Rengkung Biru

Japanese : オガワコマドリ (ogawa koma-dori)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 小川駒鳥

  Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 35,500,000km²
  Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 58,100,000km²
  Migratory Status : Full Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

Size : 13–15 cm; 12–25 g; Wingspan : 20–22.5 cm

Subspecies (12) and Distribution

EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

Bluethroat (Caucasian) Luscinia svecica magna

Luscinia svecica magna (Zarudny, NA; Loudon, HGG 1904)
– Caucasus area, e Turkey and Iran; > to Sudan and Ethiopia.

EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

Bluethroat (White-spotted) Luscinia svecica cyanecula/namnetum

Luscinia svecica cyanecula (Meisner, CFA 1804)
– Netherlands and N and E France E to Belarus and NW Ukraine; non-breeding SW and S Europe and N Africa.
Luscinia svecica namnetum (Mayaud, N 1934)
– W France; non-breeding SW Portugal and Morocco.

EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

Bluethroat (Iberian) Luscinia svecica azuricollis

Luscinia svecica azuricollis (Rafinesque, CS 1814)
– NC and NW Iberian Peninsula; non-breeding unknown, but probably W Africa S of Sahara (Arizaga et al. 2006).

EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

Bluethroat (Red-spotted) Luscinia svecica [svecica Group]

Luscinia svecica svecica (Linnaeus, C 1758)
– Scandinavia, N, C and E Russia, NE China and NW North America (Alaska, rarely extreme NW Canada (Eckert and Mactavish 2014) ); non-breeding S Europe, and N and N tropical Africa, Arabia and S and E Asia.
Luscinia svecica volgae (Kleinschmidt, O 1907)
– NE Ukraine and C and E European Russia; non-breeding NE Africa and SW Asia.
Luscinia svecica luristanica (Ripley, SD 1952)
– Armenia to sw Iran; > to Iraq and the Sudan.
Luscinia svecica pallidogularis (Zarudny, NA 1897)
– plains of Kazakhstan and Transcaspia E to Tien Shan and Pamirs; non-breeding SW Asia and N India.
Luscinia svecica saturatior (Sushkin, PP 1925)
– C Asian mountains (Sayan, Altai, Tien Shan, Pamir); non-breeding S Asia.
Luscinia svecica abbotti (Richmond, CW 1896)
– C and NE Afghanistan and NW Himalayas from NW Pakistan E to NW Himachal; non-breeding N India.
Luscinia svecica przevalskii (Tugarinov, AY 1929)
– C China (C and E Qinghai to Nan Shan and E to Ala Shan and Ordos Plateau); non-breeding E China.
Luscinia svecica kobdensis (Tugarinov, AY 1929)
– SE Siberia in S Altai, W Mongolia and NW China (Xinjiang) E to Tarim Basin; non-breeding S and SE Asia.

Distribution Map

1st Penang Record !!!
2nd Peninsula Malaysia & Malaysia Record !!!

Luscinia svecica ssp. kobdensis
Date : 21 March 2026
Location : Kubang Semang Paddyfield, Mukim Kubang Semang,
Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah, Pulau Pinang

Luscinia svecica ssp. kobdensis
Date : 15 March 2026
Location : Kubang Semang Paddyfield, Mukim Kubang Semang,
Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah, Pulau Pinang

Luscinia svecica ssp. kobdensis
Date : 02 March 2026

Location : Kubang Semang Paddyfield, Mukim Kubang Semang,
Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah, Pulau Pinang

Luscinia svecica ssp. kobdensis
Date : 02 March 2026
Location : Kubang Semang Paddyfield, Mukim Kubang Semang,
Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah, Pulau Pinang

1st Kelantan Record !!!
1st Peninsula Malaysia & Malaysia Record !!!