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Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

This bird species is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in Europe and across the Palearctic.
The bird winters in the Iberian Peninsula, the northern half of Africa, and in southern Asia (among others including the Indian subcontinent).

Luscinia: luscinia Latin for nightingale; luscus (Latin for "half-blind", "half-understood" etc.) possibly meaning little seen.
The specific epithet svecica is Modern Latin meaning "Swedish".

Luscinia is a genus of smallish passerine birds, containing the nightingales and relatives.
The bird, formerly in the thrush family, now belongs to the subfamily of chat Saxicolinae, of the flycatcher family Muscicapidae

1/ White-bellied redstart (Luscinia phaenicuroides)

2/ Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

Luscinia: luscinia Latin for nightingale; luscus (Latin for "half-blind", "half-understood" etc.) possibly meaning little seen.

White-bellied redstart 
(Luscinia phaenicuroides)

The white-bellied redstart (Luscinia phaenicuroides) is a species of bird of the family Muscicapidae.
The bird is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam

Luscinia: luscinia Latin for nightingale; luscus (Latin for "half-blind", "half-understood" etc.) possibly meaning little seen.
phaenicuroides: from the genus Phoenicurus of the redstarts and Greek -oides: resembling.
phoenicurus: Greek phoinix crimson, red, purple; -ouros -tailed.