#0617 · 🐦 birds

Bluethroat

🇳🇱 Blauwborst ·Luscinia svecica

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Александр · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Tatyana Zarubo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Martha de Jong-Lantink · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Мария Тырцева · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Martha de Jong-Lantink · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Vitaliy Khustochka · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Константин Самодуров · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The bluethroat ( Luscinia svecica ) 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, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.

base stats

NL sightings 568iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 33,093iNaturalist observations
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).