White-throated Robin
Introduction
Resembling a Redstart but living in much more scrubby habitats, the White-throated Robin breeds in south-west Asia and migrates to eastern Africa for the winter. It is an extremely rare visitor to Britain.
With just a couple of British records, the species was added to the British List on the basis of a female that was present for several days on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire in May 1990.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.
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Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Scientific name: Irania gutturalis
- Authority: Guérin-Méneville, 1843
- BTO 5-letter code: WHTRO
- Euring code number: 11170
Alternate species names
- Catalan: rossinyol persa
- Czech: iranie belohrdlá
- Danish: Hvidhals
- Dutch: Perzische Roodborst
- Estonian: valgekurk-ööbik
- Finnish: kivikkosatakieli
- French: Iranie à gorge blanche
- German: Weißkehlsänger
- Hungarian: fehértorkú fülemüle
- Icelandic: Sólskotta
- Italian: Pettirosso golabianca
- Latvian: baltriklite
- Lithuanian: iranija
- Norwegian: Hvitstrupenattergal
- Polish: iranka
- Portuguese: pisco-de-garganta-branca
- Slovak: iránka bielohrdlá
- Slovenian: belogrlež
- Spanish: Petirrojo de Irán
- Swedish: vitstrupig näktergal
- Welsh: Robin Gyddfwyn
