Tag: Bluethroat

Senior and junior nestlings in asynchronous bluethroat broods differ in their effectiveness of begging

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) Science Article 4 abstract In accordance with theoretical models of begging as an honest signal, empirical studies have found that begging by nestlings reflects need and that parent birds respond to variation in begging activity. However, parent birds hatch their broods asynchronously and the resulting within-brood size-asymmetries might induce differences in the […]

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Muscicapidae | [latin] Luscinia svecica | [UK] Bluethroat | [FR] Rouge bleu commune | [DE] Blaukehlchen | [ES] Pechiazul | [NL] Blauwborst Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Luscinia svecica EU widespread, also w Alaska OR, n AF Luscinia svecica abbotti Luscinia svecica cyanecula Luscinia […]