Luscinia calliope
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) is a small passerine bird first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776. It 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.
The Siberian rubythroat was previously placed in the genus Luscinia. A large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Luscinia was not monophyletic. The genus was therefore split and several species including the Siberian rubythroat as the type species were moved to the reinstated genus Calliope, which had originally been proposed by John Gould for the species in 1836. Calliope, from classical Greek meaning "beautiful-voiced", was one of the muses in Greek mythology and presided over eloquence and heroic poetry.
This species is slightly larger than the European robin. It is plain brown above except for the distinctive black tail with red side patches. It has a strong white supercilium. The male has a red throat edged with a narrow black and then a broad white border. Females lack... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 5 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 7 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 12 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Đà Nẵng | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Hanoi | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 6 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 8 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 9 | Taichung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 10 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing Wildlife Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Ueno Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Siberian Rubythroat sighting in Kaohsiung on a given day, based on 105 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 87th most-seen of the 214 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Siberian Rubythroat in Kaohsiung on a given day, against under 5% in December to October, the lowest months. That is one of Kaohsiung's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 440 mm in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Siberian Rubythroat sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
12th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Siberian Rubythroat sightings, Kaohsiung ranks 12th at under 5%. The best odds are in Đà Nẵng (Vietnam, about 20%), Tuen Mun (China, about 10%) and Novosibirsk (Russia, about 10%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Siberian Rubythroat that you can see in Kaohsiung (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 60%), White-rumped Shama (about 50%) and Blue Rock-Thrush (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Siberian Rubythroat is recorded against all the birds logged in Kaohsiung (105 verified sightings), 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.
