Chinese Rubythroat

The Chinese rubythroat (''Calliope tschebaiewi'') is a small

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by t ...

bird in the family

Muscicapidae The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and Norther ...

. 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 Himalayan rubythroat, together called the

white-tailed rubythroat The white-tailed rubythroat has been split into the following species: * Chinese rubythroat, ''Calliope tschebaiewi'' * Himalayan rubythroat, ''Calliope pectoralis'' Birds by common name {{Short pages monitor {{Taxonbar, from=Q29828580 Chinese rubythroat Birds of Central China Birds of Tibet Chinese rubythroat Chinese rubythroat