Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

Least Concern

The Bluethroat is an Old World flycatcher of Holarctic breeding areas with broad African and Asian wintering regions. It watches from a perch, sallies after flying insects, or gleans prey from leaves and trunks, using woodland, forest edge, scrub, plantations, streamsides, or island forests depending on the species.

Family

Muscicapidae

Group

Old World Flycatchers

Range

Bluethroat Range — Resident or seasonal range in Holarctic breeding areas with broad African and Asian wintering regions

Population

≈ 2M–20M

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