Siberian Rubythroat

Luscinia calliope (Pallas, 1776)

		male female juvenile
2015-06-05 Shushensky rayon. Krasnoyarsky Kray. 2015-07-04 Tomsk region, Kolarovo2018-08-09 Filimonovka village, Tomskaya oblast	© Sergey Chumakov © Sergey Gashkov© Konstantin Samodurow

Biology

Common breeding summer resident. Inhabits shrubby (blackcurrant, Padus racemosa) thickets of boreal coniferous forest, near river, stream or lake, on wet edge of forest at 1450-1900 m. Arrives in end May - early June. Breeding in separate pairs. Nest is built on ground under grass or twig from dry grass and shrub leaves lined with thin grass. Clutches of 4-6 eggs found in mid-June. Both parents feed juveniles, which fledge in early - end July. Latest recorded in end August - early September.

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