Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Bluethroat

Saturday 28 January 2023

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

Size : 13-14 cm, 15-21 g; Wingspan : 20-22.5 cm

Subspecies (12) and Distribution

Luscinia svecica svecica (Linnaeus, C 1758)
– Scandinavia across Siberia to w Alaska; > N Africa, s Asia.
Luscinia svecica volgae (Kleinschmidt, O 1907)
– NE Ukraine to middle Volga River.
Luscinia svecica pallidogularis (Zarudny, NA 1897)
– SW Siberia to Turkmenistan, Altai Mts. and upper Yenisey.
Luscinia svecica kobdensis (Tugarinov, AY 1929)
– W China (Xinjiang).
Luscinia svecica saturatior (Sushkin, PP 1925)
– Pamir Mountains and Tien Shan Mountains.
Luscinia svecica abbotti (Richmond, CW 1896)
– W Pakistan and nw India.
Luscinia svecica przevalskii (Tugarinov, AY 1929)
– distribution poorly defined (probably is a junior synonym of pallidogularis); breeds Siberia, winters in southern China (Yunnan) and southeastern Asia.
Luscinia svecica cyanecula (Meisner, CFA 1804)
– Central Europe and Spain; > to North Africa.
Luscinia svecica azuricollis (Rafinesque, CS 1814)
– N Spain.
Luscinia svecica namnetum (Mayaud, N 1934)
– Western France.
Luscinia svecica luristanica (luristanica) (Ripley, SD 1952)
– Armenia to sw Iran; > to Iraq and the Sudan.
Luscinia svecica luristanica (magna) (Zarudny, NA; Loudon, HGG 1904)
– Caucasus area, e Turkey and Iran; > to Sudan and Ethiopia.