Male © Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok eBird S125360265 Macaulay Library ML 522921731
Female © Rajesh Panwar
Male © Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok
Male © Aseem Kothiala
Female © Padma Gyalpo
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Female © Vincent Wang
Juvenile © Rajkumar Das
Male © Luke Seitz

Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi

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Identification

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Handsome male is gray above with a bright red throat, black chest, and white belly. Also note white eyebrows and “moustache” stripe, as well as white panels and edges on a black tail. Female is duller, cold gray-brown above with a white belly and throat. Extremely similar to Himalayan Rubythroat: note gray flecking on white flanks of male and white “moustache” (striking in males, pale and sometimes unnoticeable in females). Breeds in alpine and subalpine open areas with scattered scrub and boulders; preferred habitat averages higher and more open than Himalayan. Winters in lowland scrub. Song is a series of loud rich warbles, which average shorter and less varied than those of Himalayan Rubythroat.

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