Rufous-tailed Robin
Introduction
This extremely rare visitor to Britain is normally found breeding in damp forest with dense undergrowth in central Siberia, migrating to south-east Asia for the winter.
The handful of records have tended to come in October, to the Northern Isles and England's east coast.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.
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: Turdidae
- Scientific name: Larvivora sibilans
- Authority: Swinhoe, 1863
- BTO 5-letter code: RUTRO
- Euring code number: 11020
Alternate species names
- Catalan: rossinyol xiulaire
- Czech: slavík sibirský
- Danish: Dværgnattergal
- Dutch: Snornachtegaal
- Estonian: taigaööbik
- Finnish: sirittäjäsatakieli
- French: Rossignol siffleur
- German: Schwirrnachtigall
- Hungarian: rotfarkú fülemüle
- Italian: Usignolo di Swinhoe
- Latvian: svilpejlakstigala
- Lithuanian: rudauodege lakštingala
- Norwegian: Trillenattergal
- Polish: slowik syberyjski
- Slovak: slávik olivkastý
- Spanish: Ruiseñor silbador
- Swedish: drillnäktergal