Bluethroat

The bluethroat is a small passerine of the Old World flycatcher family, 13 to 14cm long, similar in size to the European robin. It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in wet birch wood or bushy swamp in Europe and across the Palearctic, with a foothold in western Alaska, nesting in tussocks or low in dense bushes (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is plain brown above except for a tail with black outer corners and red basal side patches, with a strong white supercilium. Males have a striking throat pattern, a vivid glossy blue throat bordered below by a narrow black band and a broad brick-red band. The male's song is varied and very imitative, and the call a typical chat 'chack'. L. s. svecica migrates to India in winter. The account opened does not name Bhutan.