Talk:Bluethroat

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Genus change?

According to the IUCN (as linked in article), this species is now named Cyanecula svecica (del Hoyo & Collar, 2016). I attempted to update the article but 1. the automatic taxobox (Speciesbox) didn't work and 2. it was rapidly reversed. I cannot find the journal entry to substantiate the change online. Can any Experts help ? Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins (talk) 11:39, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Big Blue Cray(fish) Twins sorry this has been unanswered so long - it is a matter of taxonomic dispute; IOC (our standard authority for birds) keeps it in Luscinia, while IUCN place it on its own in the segregate genus Cyanecula. The differing opinion remains unresolved for the time being, so it should be mentioned in the article (I'll add some details), but keeping the page linked to the IOC name as wikipedia's preferred authority. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 20:40, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I've removed the etymology comment "The colours of the male's breast were thought to evoke the Swedish flag, the yellow in the flag being more orange hued in the 17th and 18th centuries", cited from Jobling's Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Jobling admits that it is somewhat speculative ("The name perhaps refers to the colours of the male Bluethroat's breast" - my italics), and the colour match between the intense red of the red spot and the deeper blue of the throat do not come close to any version of the Swedish flag. Linnaeus does not give any reason for his choice of name, but given that Linnaeus studied the species in Sweden (its type locality is there), that is adequate enough to explain the epithet - MPF (talk) 23:00, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]