Chinese (White‑tailed) Rubythroat Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Calliope calliope
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Bushes
Description : The White-tailed Rubythroat is a small passerine whose male is visibly different from the female (length 15 cm, wing 7.3 cm, bill 1.8 cm, tarsus 3 cm, tail 6 cm approximately)). The male looks brownish-slate above. It has ruby-red throat with black breast band, white forehead and supercilium, blackish tail with whitish sides and tip, white belly and undertail-covert. Its black breast feathers are bordered with white in fresh plumage. The female looks grey-brown above and greyish below with a white throat. It has a little white supercilium and whitish eye-ring, blackish-brown white tipped tail, white throat, smoky-grey breast and flanks, white belly and undertail-covert. Both sexes have dark brown irises, black bill, black or brownish-black legs and feet. It feeds mainly on insects, caterpillars, spiders, molluscs and young lizards. It breeds in May-August.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Turdus eunomus
(Black- (Dark‑) throated Thrush) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush) -
Enicurus immaculatus
(White‑crowned Forktail) -
Zoothera mollissima/salimalii
(Dark‑sided Thrush) -
Niltava macgrigoriae
(Large Niltava) -
Monticola cinclorhyncha
(Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush) -
Saxicola torquatus
(Desert Wheatear) -
Phoenicurus frontalis
(White‑capped Water-redstart) -
Saxicola jerdoni
(Grey Bushchat) -
Turdus boulboul
(Black‑breasted Thrush)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: PeiWen Chang(www.inaturalist.org/people/PeiWen Chang),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Albina Fateevamore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: PeiWen Chang(www.inaturalist.org/people/PeiWen Chang),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Albina Fateevamore information, please contact us.