Luscinia svecica
Silhouette: Stephan Sprinz · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bluethroat sighting in Hortobágy National Park on a given day, based on 95 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 109th most-seen of the 202 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bluethroat in Hortobágy National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October and November, the lowest months.
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.
3rd of 23
Of the 23 parks where we can rate Bluethroat sightings, Hortobágy National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Keoladeo National Park (India, about 40%) and Biebrza National Park (Poland, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bluethroat is recorded against all the birds logged in Hortobágy National Park (95 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.
