MUSCICAPIDAE
BLUETHROAT

Location : Pulau Pinang

Date : ‎20 March 2026

13.5–15 cm Male non-breeding svecica: Scaly blue/black/rufous-red breast, white supercilium, rufous at tail-base.Male breed ing: Solid blue/black/red throat/breast.Female: Blackish malar stripe and gorget. First winter: As non-breeding adults but buffish greater covert tips. VOICE Sings with rapid varied ringing notes, call-notes and mimicry. Calls with twanging dzyink and low tuck etc. HABITAT Grass/thickets near water; up to 760 m. RANGE Un/lc WV Myanmar, NW,NE,C Thailand, Indochina (except W Tonkin, N,S Annam). Also PM E Tonkin.