The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) 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 similar small European species, are often called chats.
It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in wet birch wood or bushy swamp in Europe and Asia with a foothold in western Alaska. It nests in tussocks or low in dense bushes. It winters in north Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
Despite a wide variety of regional coloration, recent genetic studies show only limited variation between the forms, and confirm that this is a single species.
Bluethroat in "Bluethroats"[]
The birder and his daughter traveled from Los Angeles to Nome, Alaska to see a bluethroat. While they did not find any, they saw a lot of other species.
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