Blackthroat

Calliope obscura

A somberly-colored robin which breeds in dense bamboo thickets. Male is slate-gray above (only a hint of blue may be detected in good lighting) with a white belly and black bib. Female is brown with a paler belly and a rusty-brown tail. Forages on the ground and in low bushes like most other small robins. Shy, usually keeping close to cover. Song is a series of distinct, separated phrases consisting of bright fluid warbling, high buzzy trills, and buzzy warbling.

分类信息

学名
Calliope obscura
命名信息
(Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891)
Passeriformes
Muscicapidae
Calliope

分布与栖息地

繁殖区
PAL : nc China
非繁殖区
se Asia
迁徙
Complete migrants

保护状况

种群趋势
declining

照片

分布

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