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Male Black-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis atrogularis
Photo by Jeremy Inglis
Swansea, Wales, U.K., March 2006

Photo by tom tams
Newholm, North Yorkshire, U.K.

Turdus ruficollis

Identification

• Grey back
• Rufous underwing
• Throat black or red according to subspecies
• Female is streaked black below

Distribution

Primarily of Eastern Palearctic distribution with Black-throated Thrush being the western subspecies and Red-throated Thrush the eastern subspecies. Vagrants of both reach the Western Palearctic, with Black-throated being the commoner.

Taxonomy

Dark-throated Thrush occur in two subspecies, Turdus ruficollis ruficollis which is also known as Red-throated Thrush, and Turdus ruficollis atrogularis which is known as Black-throated Thrush. These two forms are considered different species by some authorities (Howard and Moore¹ and ³), but not others (Clements²).

References

1. Dickinson, Edward C. (ed.). 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691117010
2. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
3. Knox, A.G. et al. 2008. Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: Fifth report. Ibis, 150, 833–835
4. Wikipedia

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