Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
The Stonechat breeds in western, central and southern Europe, much of Asia north of the Himalayas and in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stonechat
Male
Black head, orange-red breast, dark brown upperparts, white patches on neck, wings and rump.
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African Stonechat
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Stonechats are one of the few insectivorous birds to tough it out through the British winters. This renders them highly susceptible to cold weather, so they often keep to southern, coastal areas.
Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola maura - Common Stonechat - Muscicapidae - Birding in India
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Stonechat (European) Saxicola rubicola Found: Europe, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Iurii Konoval 2, 3) Joe Gough 4) Herbert Kratky
Genus Tarsiger ...
Stonechat
Stonechats are robin sized birds. Males have striking black heads with white around the side of their neck, orange-red breasts and a mottled brown back. Females lack the male's black head, but have br... More...
Wheatear ...
Saxicola torquata - Stonechat (photo)
Oenanthe
Oenanthe isabellina - Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe - Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka - Pied Wheatear (photo)
Oenanthe hispanica - Black-eared Wheatear
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It perches on stones or projecting crags by the sides of streams, or in the water, where it may be seen frequently inclining the breast downwards, and jerking up the tail, much in the manner of the Wheatear and Stonechat, and still more of the Wren; ...
Discovery was made easier by the often skulking warbler's habit of associating with a pair of stonechats which delighted in seeking perches providing commanding views.
The finest singing is believed to be the hermit thrush, which is a shy forest dweller.In the old world the black bird , the nightingale , the missel thrush , the stonechat , and the wheatear are thrushes .
Angola cave-chat (Xenocopsychus ansorgei)
Red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
Isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
Pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Fuerteventura stonechat (Saxicola dacotiae) ...
The European "blackbird," the nightingale, the missel thrush, the stonechat, and the wheatear are thrushes. Thrushes are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Turdidae.
A short walk takes you to the cliff overlooking the beach and to a bird hide on a small pond. One day I wandered on the cliffs where I had a flock of 7 Cliff Chough, 15 Oystercatchers, Gannets, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Stonechat.
 See also: Robin, Flycatcher, Sparrow, Warbler, Finch
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