White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (37)
- Monotypic
Text last updated October 10, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Irania |
Arabic | أبو الحناء أبيض الحنجرة |
Armenian | Սպիտակափող սոխակ |
Azerbaijani | Ağboğaz bülbül |
Bulgarian | Белогуш славей |
Catalan | irània |
Croatian | bjelogrli slavuj |
Czech | iranie bělohrdlá |
Danish | Hvidhals |
Dutch | Perzische Roodborst |
English | White-throated Robin |
English (Kenya) | Irania |
English (United States) | White-throated Robin |
French | Iranie à gorge blanche |
French (France) | Iranie à gorge blanche |
German | Weißkehlsänger |
Greek | Ασπρολαίμης |
Hebrew | אירניה |
Hungarian | Fehértorkú fülemüle |
Icelandic | Sólskotta |
Italian | Pettirosso golabianca |
Japanese | ノドジロコマドリ |
Lithuanian | Iranija |
Norwegian | hvitstrupenattergal |
Persian | سینه سرخ ایرانی |
Polish | iranka |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Pisco-de-garganta-branca |
Romanian | Măcăleandru cu gât alb |
Russian | Соловей-белошейка |
Serbian | Belogrli slavuj |
Slovak | iránka bielohrdlá |
Slovenian | Belogrlež |
Spanish | Petirrojo de Irán |
Spanish (Spain) | Petirrojo de Irán |
Swedish | vitstrupig näktergal |
Turkish | Taş Bülbülü |
Ukrainian | Соловейко білогорлий |
Irania gutturalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Definitions
- IRANIA
- gutturalis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
15–17 cm; 18–30 g. Male is slaty blue-grey from crown to rump and wings , with black tail; black face to malar region and neck side set between narrow white supercilium and narrow white chin and throat; buffish-orange breast , belly and flanks shading to whitish on vent, also buffish-orange underwing; some (possibly immature) have creamy-ochre breast and flanks; bill and legs black. Female is brownish-grey on face , with poorly defined pale supercilium, submoustachial and chin to throat, rustier ear-coverts, greyish-rufous breast, orange-buff flanks and underwing, black tail. Juvenile is like female, but wing feathers edged paler.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Asia Minor, S Caucasus and Levant E to Iran, and from S Kazakhstan and Tajikistan to W & N Afghanistan; possibly also C Uzbekistan (1); winters in NE & E Africa.
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Invertebrates and fruit. Of 58 invertebrates from stomachs of breeding birds, in Armenia, 56% were beetles (Dermestidae, Carabidae, Scarabaeidae, Tenebrionidae, Chrysomela sahlbergi), 21% ants, 5% grasshoppers, 3% moth caterpillars, 3% wasps and 3% spiders, 9% others. Of 49 items fed to nestlings, 43 (88%) were noctuid moth caterpillars (15 Acronicta species), four grasshoppers and two spiders; in another study, young again fed largely with small caterpillars. In winter mainly insects, including adult and larval beetles, ants, small grasshoppers, also centipedes and spiders, occasionally berries. Forages among low twigs and on ground, also in trees and bushes. Skulking; spends much time low in dense bushes and small trees, diving into thicket when disturbed or flying considerable distance. Sometimes highly site-faithful, perhaps territorial, in winter.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Song , sometimes in flight, a loud melodious vigorous warbling, sustained for c. 10 seconds with short pauses, phrases mixing fluty whistling and throaty grating, scratchy and chattering notes, reminiscent of song of a Sylvia warbler, “skwee-churrilee-cheek-cheek-cheek-chur-skweeilew-chur-chur-chur, skwer skweeereri-tsik-tsik tsi-tsi-tsi”; some males expertly mimic other birds. Full song in winter quarters from Jan, but also quiet warbling subsong in winter and on passage. Calls include hard “tec”, dry grating “turrr” or “iit-trr” or “krrrk”, both Luscinia-like; and noisy “tzi-lit”, like call of White Wagtail (Motacilla alba).