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Commonly known as "Blue Throat" for the distinct color of blue on its throat.
This is the most westerly Bluethroat I have seen.
Probably a female or juvenile, judging by the lack of colour.
1st Winter plumage
First five pictures are all the same bird, the last picture is a different bird ...
Photographed this from a distance for later IDing. Thought it might be a ...
Unfortunately I have only been able to shoot this magnificent little bird ones. ...
This one is a male, determined from the amount of Blue, not too far from the ...
This guy had me stumped until he turned his head and I saw the blue throat. The ...
The Bluethroat is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member ...
This colorful winter visitor to India is a treat to birders around. Often ...
The bluethroat is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member ...
These are wary birds and normally fly off before one can get near but it was a ...
It is plain brown above except for the distinctive black tail with red side ...
Diagnostic features are the frequently cocked tail, red sides to the base of ...
edged below with successive black, white and rust coloured borders. Some ...
General opinion is that this is a first winter male but at this stage it is not ...
It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in wet birch wood or bushy ...
It is plain brown above except for the distinctive black tail with red side ...
The Bluethroat is a striking, beautiful species of bird whose main focal point ...
The bluethroat is similar in size to the European robin at 13–14 cm. It is ...
(L. svecica cyanecula), has a white spot ...
The Bluethroat is similar in size to the Robin, 13-14 cm and about 20 grams of ...
The Bluethroat is similar in size to the Robin, 13-14 cm and about 20 grams of ...