Red-throated thrush

The red-throated thrush (Turdus ruficollis) is a passerine bird in the thrush family. It is sometimes regarded as one subspecies of a polytypic species, "dark-throated thrush", black-throated thrush then being the other subspecies.^[2] More recent treatments regard the two as separate species.^[3] The scientific name comes from Latin. Turdus is "thrush" and the specific ruficollis is derived from rufus, "red", and collum, "neck".^[4]

Red-throated thrush
Red-throated thrush, Nepal
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Turdidae
Genus:	Turdus
Species:	T. ruficollis
Binomial name
Turdus ruficollis Pallas, 1776

The red-throated thrush is a migratory Palearctic species. It breeds in East Siberia to North Manchuria wintering to West China, Myanmar, and Northeast India. Its range overlaps with the more westerly-breeding black-throated thrush. It is a large thrush with a plain grey back and reddish underwings.^[5] The adult male has a red throat. Females and young birds lack the bib, but have black-streaked underparts. This bird species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.^[2]