Siberian rubythroat - Calliope calliope

Common Name :	Siberian rubythroat.
Binomial Name :	Calliope calliope
Synonym :	Luscinia calliope
Family :	Muscicapidae
Bengali Name :	Saiberio Chunikonthi.
Photo Taken :	Bangladesh

Siberian rubythroat is a small bird that looks like a robin. From the name it is easily understandable that the bird is from Siberia. But this small bird is a migratory bird. During winter they are found in Bangladesh, India and few part of East Asia. Binomial name of the bird is Calliope calliope and it belongs to the bird family Muscicapidae.

This Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) has a similarity with the European robin bird. But This bird is slightly larger than that Robin. Male and female bird are different in look. Both sexes are having olive-brown at upper side from head to tail, and front side of the bird is grayish.

For the Male Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) they have a black patch at the eyes (towards bill). They also have a white patch near forehead (known as supercilium) and beside the throats. Males are having an attractive red patch at the throat (that's why it got the name Rubythroat).

Rubythroat is a small passerine bird (means three fingers from foot at front and one at back while perching on a branch). It is an insectivore bird that mostly forage at ground and lives on insects and berries. They prefer to make their nest near the ground.

Photos of Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) were taken from Baikka Beel of Bangladesh. It was during December 2014. During that winter I've gone there to watch the migratory birds.


This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icbird.blogspot.com/