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| Firethroat Luscinia pectardens
- 1st winter male |
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| Photographer : | © P D Round/The Wetland Trust |
| Location : | Pashua Haor, Bangladesh |
| Date : |
12 February 2012 |
| English synonyms: | Fire-throated Robin, David's Rubythroat, Pere David's Orangethroat, Père David's Orangethroat, Golden-breasted Rubythroat |
| Bird Family : | Saxicolini - Robins, Nightingales, Chats, Shamas, Redstarts, Grandala, Forktails, Cochoas & Wheatears |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Near Threatened |
| Remarks : | First-winter male Firethroat showing brownish head
and brownish-buff underparts with pale throat and slaty-blue
feathering on mantle, lesser, median and inner greater
coverts. Outer greater coverts, tertials, primaries and
secondaries are retained juvenile feathers. - PDR
Ref:
Round, P. D. & Clement, P. (2015) Firethroat Calliope pectardens and
Blackthroat C. obscura: notes on winter plumages and habitats. BirdingASIA 23:84-87. |
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