🦉 The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
- Luscinia (lat.) Nightingale
- svecica suecicus (lat.) Swedish; the name svecica, according to the history of the description, is not a toponym, but is given for the color of the male's chest:
Olof Rudbeck junior, Swedish botanist and birdwatcher, mentor to Carl Linnaeus, having discovered the bluethroat in 1695 in Lapland, he gave it the name Avis Carolina in honor of the Swedish king Charles XI and the blue-yellow Swedish flag (in those days the yellow color on the flag was more reddish), and K. Linnaeus in 1758, when the absolute power of the monarchy in Sweden was no longer, considered the name svecica more correct than carolina (Jobling, 2010)
I meet these cute nightingales at the end of April in the steppe zone. Namely, in flooded meadows. These birds are very fond of such places, open spaces and bushes near the water.
During the mating season, the males sit in the bushes and sing songs.
It's funny, but after the mating season, I don't see these birds at all. They seem to be flying away somewhere. Therefore, bluethroat for me is an exclusively spring bird.
| Camera | Lens |
|---|---|
| Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |