Luscinia svecica
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in wet birch wood or bushy swamp in Europe and across the Palearctic with a foothold in western Alaska. It nests in tussocks or low in dense bushes. It winters in the Iberian Peninsula, the northern half of Africa, and in southern Asia (among others including the Indian subcontinent). The bluethroat, and similar small European flycatchers, are often called chats.
The bluethroat is similar in size to the European robin at 13–14 cm. It is plain brown above except for the distinctive tail, brown with black outer corners and red basal side patches. It has a strong white supercilium. The males have a striking throat pattern, with a vivid glossy blue throat bordered below with (usually) a narrow black band (but see subspecies, below), and a broad brick-red band below that; additionally there is often a central spot, either red or white, in the middle of the blue throat; see subspecies below for details. Despite the distinctive appearance of the males, recent genetic studies show only limited variation between the forms, and confirm that this is a single species. Moult begins in July after breeding and is completed in 40–45 days, before the birds migrate.
The male has a varied and very imitative song. Its call is a typical chat chack noise. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Hemis National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 11 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 12 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 14 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 15 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 16 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 18 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 19 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 21 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 22 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 23 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Kazan | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Jerusalem | 🇮🇱 Israel | |
| 6 | Kuwait City | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | |
| 7 | Indore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Tel Aviv | 🇮🇱 Israel | |
| 9 | Karachi | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | |
| 10 | Ramallah | 🇵🇸 Palestine |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bluethroat sighting in Bandhavgarh National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 194th most-seen of the 241 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bluethroat in Bandhavgarh National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bluethroat sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
21st of 23
Of the 23 parks where we can rate Bluethroat sightings, Bandhavgarh National Park ranks 21st at under 5%. The best odds are in Keoladeo National Park (India, about 40%), Biebrza National Park (Poland, about 20%) and Hortobágy National Park (Hungary, about 20%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Bluethroat that you can see in Bandhavgarh National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 70%), Indian Robin (about 50%) and Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bluethroat is recorded against all the birds logged in Bandhavgarh National Park (15 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
