Editing Bluethroat (section)

===Subspecies===
[[File:Luscinia svecica distribution.png|thumb|Breeding distribution of the bluethroat subspecies]]
Eleven subspecies are currently accepted by IOC,<ref name=ioc/> but only seven by Shirihai.<ref name="Shirihai">{{cite book | last=Shirihai | first=Hadoram | last2=Svensson | first2=Lars | title=Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds. volume 1: Passerines: Larks to Warblers | publisher=Helm | publication-place=London Oxford New York New Delhi Sydney | date=2019 | isbn=978-1-4729-3757-5 | page=243–247}}</ref> They differ in the extent and intensity of the blue on the throat in the males, whether the blue contains a central spot or not, and if it does, the colour of the spot; they also differ significantly in their breeding habitat and ecology.<ref name="Shirihai"/><ref name="Collins">{{cite book | last=Svensson | first=Lars | last2=Mullarney | first2=Killian | last3=Zetterstroem | first3=Dan | title=Collins Bird Guide | publisher=William Collins | date=2023-03-16 | isbn=978-0-00-854746-2 | page=}}</ref>
*''L. s. svecica'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)</small> ('''red-spotted bluethroat''') – breeds in subarctic shrub tundra from Scandinavia east to western Alaska, winters in southern Asia in India, Pakistan, Middle East. Throat blue with a ''red'' spot.
*''L. s. namnetum'' <small>[[Noël Mayaud|Mayaud]], 1934</small> – breeds in lowland reedbeds in western France, winters SW Europe and NW Africa. Small, and short-winged; plumage as ''L. s. cyanecula''.
*''L. s. cyanecula'' <small>(Meisner, 1804)</small> ('''white-spotted bluethroat''') – breeds in lowland reedbeds in central Europe from northern and eastern France northeast to the Baltic States, and southeast to Ukraine, winters in Africa. Throat blue with a ''white'' spot.
*''L. s. azuricollis'' <small>([[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1814)</small> – breeds northern Spain. Throat blue with ''no'' spot or only a ''small white'' spot.
*''L. s. volgae'' <small>([[Otto Kleinschmidt|Kleinschmidt]], 1907)</small> – breeds in lowland western Russia, winters in NE Africa and the Middle East. Intermediate between ''L. s. svecica'', ''L. s. pallidogularis'', and ''L. s. cyanecula'', but usually with a red spot. Treated by Shirihai as a synonym of ''L. s. svecica''.<ref name="Shirihai"/>
*''L. s. magna'' <small>([[Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny|Zarudny]] & [[Harald von Loudon|Loudon]], 1904)</small> (syn. ''L. s. luristanica'' <small>Ripley, 1952</small><ref name="Shirihai"/>) – breeds in mountains in eastern Turkey, the Caucasus, and northern Iran, winters in NE Africa and the Middle East. Throat blue with ''no'' spot, and no black band between the blue and the broad red band. The largest subspecies, also with a stronger bill.
*''L. s. pallidogularis'' <small>(Zarudny, 1897)</small> – breeds in lowland southeastern Russia and northern Kazakhstan east to the Tien Shan, winters in southern Asia. Much as ''L. s. svecica'' but blue slightly paler, and red spot often slightly paler rufous.
*''L. s. abbotti'' <small>([[Charles Wallace Richmond|Richmond]], 1896)</small> – breeds Afghanistan to NW Himalaya, winters NW India. Dark, blue throat with a small red (or occasionally white) spot; bill long and slender.
*''L. s. saturatior'' <small>([[Petr Sushkin|Sushkin]], 1925)</small> – breeds southern Siberia, northern Mongolia. Similar to ''L. s. svecica'', and treated by Shirihai as a synonym of it.<ref name="Shirihai"/>
*''L. s. kobdensis'' <small>([[Arkady Tugarinov|Tugarinov]], 1929)</small> – breeds western Mongolia, western China. Similar to ''L. s. pallidogularis'', and treated by Shirihai as a synonym of it.<ref name="Shirihai"/>
*''L. s. przevalskii'' <small>(Tugarinov, 1929)</small> – breeds central China. Similar to ''L. s. pallidogularis'', and treated by Shirihai as a synonym of it.<ref name="Shirihai"/>