The excellent Aves de Portugal website says of the Bluethroat
The observation of a Pisco-de-peito-azul perched on a log or tuft of marsh has the gift to animate any observation session on a cold Winter day.
My only regret was that this Bluethroat didn’t choose a more picturesque setting, but maybe this winter . . . . . . . . !
They were once considered to be a blue version of our Robin, in fact the RSPB website still indicates they are of the Thrush family. However in recent years it has been determined they are of the Muscicapidae (Flycatcher) Family. Their song however is at least to me very reminiscent of our Blackbirds, Robins and Thrushes. What do you think?
Click on the play button below to listen to their song as recorded by Volker Arnold of Fiel-Sued, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.