Red-flanked bluetail
Red-flanked bluetail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Tarsiger |
Species: | T. cyanurus
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Binomial name | |
Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas, 1773)
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Range of T. cyanurus Breeding Resident Non-breeding
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Synonyms | |
Luscinia cyanura |
The red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus), also known as the orange-flanked bush-robin, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and related species, are often called chats.
Habitat
It is a
Description
At 13–14 cm long and 10–18 g weight, the red-flanked bluetail is similar in size and weight to the common redstart and slightly smaller (particularly with a slimmer build) than the European robin. As the name implies, both sexes have a blue tail and rump, and orange-red flanks; they also have a white throat and greyish-white underparts, and a small, thin black bill and slender black legs. The adult male additionally has dark blue upperparts, while females and immature males are plain brown above apart from the blue rump and tail, and have a dusky breasts. In behaviour, it is similar to a common redstart, frequently flicking its tail in the same manner, and regularly flying from a perch to catch insects in the air or on the ground. The male sings its melancholy trill from treetops. Its call is a typical chat "tacc" noise. The nest is built on or near the ground, with 3–5 eggs which are incubated by the female.[2][9]
Taxonomy and nomenclature
The genus name Tarsiger is from Ancient Greek tarsos, "flat of the foot" and Latin gerere, "to carry". The specific cyanurus is also derived from Greek, the roots being kuanos, "dark-blue", and oura, "tail".[10]
In the past generally treated as comprising two
The subspecies albocoeruleus, distributed in north-central
The table below details the treatments adopted by some major works, by publication date (newest first):
Publication | English name | Scientific name | Taxonomic notes |
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IOC standard list, version 2.5[14] | Red-flanked bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | monotypic; excludes rufilatus |
Collins Bird Guide[9] | Red-flanked bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
IOC standard list, version 1[15] | Red-flanked bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | polytypic; includes rufilatus |
Clements Checklist (6th edition)[16]
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Red-flanked bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | polytypic; includes rufilatus |
Birds of South Asia[17] | Northern red-flanked bush-robin | Tarsiger cyanurus | monotypic; rufilatus split off |
HBW[18] | Orange-flanked bush-robin | Tarsiger cyanurus | polytypic; includes rufilatus, although split suggested |
Howard & Moore (3rd edition)[19]
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Orange-flanked bush robin | Luscinia cyanura | polytypic; includes rufilatus |
OBC Checklist[20] | Orange-flanked bush robin | Tarsiger cyanurus | polytypic; includes rufilatus |
Howard & Moore (2nd edition)[21]
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Red-flanked bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | polytypic; includes rufilatus |
BWP[22]
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Red-flanked bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | polytypic; includes rufilatus |
Voous[23] | Red-flanked bluetail or orange-flanked bush robin |
Tarsiger cyanurus | polytypic; includes rufilatus |
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 84-87334-72-5.
- ^ British Birds Rarities Committee occurrences, 1950-2006
- ^ Hudson, N. et al. (2009). Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2008. British Birds 102: 572-573.
- ISBN 0-7922-7451-2.
- ^ eBird: Red-flanked Bluetail in California (Dec 2011)
- ^ eBird:eBird Checklist S131890156
- ^ https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/outdoors/2023/12/a-rare-sighting-has-birding-enthusiasts-from-all-over-flocking-to-nj-lehigh-valley-nature-watch.html
- ^ ISBN 0-00-219728-6, pages 260-1
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Meise, W. (1937). Stresemann, E. (ed.). "Aves Beickianae Beiträge zur Ornithologie von Nordwest-Kansu nach den Forschungen von Walter Beick in den Jahren 1926–1933". J. Ornithol. (3): 550–551.
- ISBN 978-1-4729-3758-2.
- PMID 35810968. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ IOC World Bird List, version 2.5 (2010). Family Muscicapidae
- ISBN 978-0-7136-7904-5, page 175
- ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9, page 456
- ISBN 84-87334-67-9, volume 2, page 394
- ISBN 84-87334-72-5, pages 754-5
- ISBN 0-7136-6536-X, page 677
- ISBN 0-9529545-0-8, page 144
- ISBN 0-12-356910-9, page 316
- ISBN 978-0-19-857508-5
- ISBN 0-907446-13-2, page 43