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#0910 · 🐦 birds

Siberian Rubythroat

🇳🇱 Roodkeelnachtegaal ·Calliope calliope

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Siberian Rubythroat, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Leonid · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Siberian rubythroat ( Calliope calliope ) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of the family Muscicapidae. The Siberian rubythroat and similar small European species are often called chats.

base stats

  • NL sightings 5iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,127iNaturalist observations
  • weight 2.7 gadult, up to
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,127 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 3 g.
  • Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776 (250 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Siberian Rubythroat
Nederlands
Roodkeelnachtegaal
scientific name
Calliope calliope
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Muscicapidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
5
sightings in Europe
19
sightings worldwide
3,127
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
2.7 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1776 by Peter Simon Pallas

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Muscicapidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 145064, Wikidata Q27075678, GBIF 6090081, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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