The Himalayan rubythroat is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is closely related to the Siberian rubythroat which however lacks the distinctive white tail-tips and white tail bases. It was also previously considered conspecific with the Chinese rubythroat, together called the white-tailed rubythroat. It is found along the Himalayan ranges from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Three subspecies are recognized across its wide range. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Gould, J 1837
Reference:
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Protonym:
Calliope pectoralis
Type locality:
Himalaya Mountains [= western Himalayas, vide Hartert, 1910, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 739].
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53498435
Avibase ID:
9541892660CA8AE1
Avibase ID:
avibase-95418926
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/95418926
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560900
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White-tailed Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): White-tailed Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): White-tailed Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): White-tailed Rubythroat [pectoralis] ( Calliope pectoralis [pectoralis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): White-tailed Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): White-tailed Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): White-tailed Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Himalayan Rubythroat ( Calliope pectoralis) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Calliope [pectoralis or tschebaiewi]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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