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Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica
Muscicapidae Low risk

The bluethroat 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. The bluethroat, and similar small European flycatchers, are often called chats.

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Sonothèque ADVL · xeno-canto 815827

At a glance

Family
Muscicapidae
Group
Perching Birds
Conservation status
Low risk

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