Siberian Rubythroat

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male throat red, with a narrow black border and a broad white outer border
2. White supercilium conspicuous
3. Back plain brown

Male, female and young

Female lacks the bright red throat and its borders; throat white, stripe above eye pale yellow.

Voice

The male's song resembles Garden Warbler's, but is more forceful.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November–December · Most records: China, Thailand, India

Siberian Rubythroat has been recorded at 879 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 21 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Taipei – Tianliaoyang WetlandTaiwan (China)2,140 records
2. Yeliu IBATaiwan (China)1,013 records
3. Taipei – Gongliao Dexin TempleTaiwan (China)771 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ChinaThailandIndiaNepalJapanMongoliaRussiaCambodia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) 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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