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| − | [[Image:00010818701.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''ballioni'', Himalayan Rubythroat <br />Photo by {{user|Askar+Isabekov|Askar Isabekov}}<br />Tien Shan, [[Kazakhstan]], June 2014]]
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| − | ;[[:Category:Calliope|Calliope]] pectoralis
| + | '''White-tailed Rubythroat''' may refer to one of two species previously considered conspecific under the name '''White-tailed Rubythroat''' (''Calliope pectoralis''): |
| − | '''Includes Himalayan Rubythroat, Chinese Rubythroat'''
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| − | ==Identification==
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| − | [[Image:Himalayanrubythroat1-White-tailed Rubythroat-1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''tschebaiewi'', Chinese Rubythroat<br />Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />[[Kaziranga National Park]], Assam, [[India]], April 2011]]
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| − | 14–16 cm (5½-6¼ in)
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| − | *Grey upperparts
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| − | *Bold white [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
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| − | *Ruby-red throat patch
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| − | *Black breast
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| − | *White belly
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| − | ====Variations====
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| − | Subspecies ''tschebaiewi'' has white sub-[[Topography#Heads|moustachial]] stripe
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| − | ====Similar Species====
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| − | [[Siberian Rubythroat]] has brown upperparts.
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| − | ==Distribution==
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| − | [[Asia]]: found in [[Turkestan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[China]], [[Tibet]], Inner [[Mongolia]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]] and [[Bhutan]]<br />
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| − | '''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]] and [[Thailand]]
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| − | ==Taxonomy==
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| − | Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Luscinia|Luscinia]]''.
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| − | ====Subspecies====
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| − | There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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| − | *''C. p. pectoralis'':
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| − | :*Mountains of [[Turkestan]] to [[Afghanistan]] (Pamirs) and northern [[Pakistan]]
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| − | *''C. p. confusa'':
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| − | :*Eastern [[Himalayas]] ([[Nepal]] to [[Bhutan]]); winters to north-eastern [[India]]
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| − | *''C. p. ballioni'':
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| − | :*Western [[China]] (western Xinjiang from Tien Shan to Kashgar)
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| − | *''C. p. tschebaiewi'':
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| − | :*Eastern Ladakh to north-western China (Gansu), south-eastern [[Tibet]] and extreme northern [[Myanmar]]
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| − | Gill and Donsker have now split this species in '''Chinese Rubythroat''' (''tschebaiewi'') and '''Himalayan Rubythroat''' (''pectoralis'' with ''confusa'' and ''ballioni'').
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| − | ==Habitat==
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| − | Tall grassy thickets above the tree-line.
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| − | ==Behaviour==
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| − | ====Diet====
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| − | Their main diet consists of insects such as spiders; molluscs and small reptiles. They also eat a lot of caterpillars in the summer.
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| − | ====Vocalisation====
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| − | <flashmp3>Himalayan rubythroat.mp3</flashmp3><br />
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| − | ''[[Media:Himalayan rubythroat.mp3|Listen in an external program]]''<br />
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| − | Recording by {{user|china+guy|china guy}}, Sichuan, [[China]] May 2011
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| − | ==References==
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| − | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker17V7.1}}#Avibase
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| − | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)
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| − | {{ref}}
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | {{GSearch|Rubythroat+pectoralis}}
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| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Calliope]] [[Category:Bird Songs]] | + | *'''[[Himalayan Rubythroat]]''' - ''Calliope pectoralis'' |
| | + | *'''[[Chinese Rubythroat]]''' - ''Calliope tschebaiewi'' |
