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Luscinia svecica
Diet
Insects
Habitat
Wet birch woodland and bushy swamps
Range
Breeds across Europe and the Palearctic; winters in southern Europe, Africa and southern Asia
Size
13–14cm
The bluethroat is a migratory insect-eating chat measuring 13–14cm. It is brown above with a strong white eyebrow and a dark tail marked by red basal side patches. Males have a vivid blue throat bordered below by narrow black and broad brick-red bands, sometimes with a central red or white spot. It breeds in wet birch woodland and bushy swamps across the Palearctic, nests low in dense vegetation and migrates to southern Asia and other warmer regions for winter. (Wikipedia, general species account)