Siberian Rubythroat
Siberian Rubythroat: Medium-sized thrush with olive-brown upperparts, bright red throat, gray breast and sides, and white belly. Head has white stripes above and below eyes. Wings and tail are olive-brown. Often cocks tail upward. Forages on ground for various insects and berries.
● Song:
"feeyoueet-feeyoueet"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Siberian Rubythroat: Feeds on insects, worms and various berries; forages on the ground or in bushes.
● Breeding & nesting:
Siberian Rubythroat: Four to six pale blue eggs, sometimes speckled with brown, are laid in a nest made of stems, grass, fibers, hair, and plant down, and built on the ground near a shrub or tree. Eggs are incubated for 14 days by the female.
● Similar species:
Siberian Rubythroat: Bluethroat has streaked black necklace and shows dark brown terminal tail band and rufous patches at base of tail in flight.