Wildlifeof Nepal
Bluethroat
Thrushes, Chats & FlycatchersCyanecula svecica
Basic stats
Diet
Insects
Habitat
Breeds in wet birch woods and bushy swamps across Europe and the Palearctic
Range
Winters in the Iberian Peninsula, northern Africa and southern Asia including the Indian subcontinent
Size
13-14cm
The bluethroat is about the size of a European robin, 13 to 14cm long, brown above with a white eyebrow. Males have a glossy blue throat with a red band below, and females are mostly cream-throated with limited blue. Males sing a varied, mimicking song and the call is a chat-like chack (Wikipedia, general species account).
It breeds in wet birch woods and bushy swamps across Europe and the Palearctic, nesting in tussocks or low in dense bushes, and is migratory, wintering in the Iberian Peninsula, northern Africa and southern Asia including the Indian subcontinent. The source does not name Nepal. Linnaeus described it in 1758 (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What does the Bluethroat eat?
- Insects
- What habitat does the Bluethroat live in?
- Breeds in wet birch woods and bushy swamps across Europe and the Palearctic
- Where is the Bluethroat found?
- Winters in the Iberian Peninsula, northern Africa and southern Asia including the Indian subcontinent
- How big is the Bluethroat?
- 13-14cm