Stonechats and Bushchats
Saxicola
Saxicola (Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in), the stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. They are insectivores occurring in open scrubland and grassland with scattered small shrubs.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species
European Stonechat
speciesSaxicola rubicola
Whinchat
speciesSaxicola rubetra
Siberian Stonechat
speciesSaxicola maurus
Pied Bushchat
speciesSaxicola caprata
Amur Stonechat
speciesSaxicola stejnegeri
African Stonechat
speciesSaxicola torquatus
Grey Bushchat
speciesSaxicola ferreus
Réunion Stonechat
speciesSaxicola tectes
Fuerteventura Stonechat
speciesSaxicola dacotiae
White-tailed Stonechat
speciesSaxicola leucurus
Timor Bushchat
speciesSaxicola gutturalis
White-browed Bushchat
speciesSaxicola macrorhynchus
Jerdon's Bushchat
speciesSaxicola jerdoni
White-throated Bushchat
speciesSaxicola insignis
Whinchat × Siberian Stonechat
hybridSaxicola rubetra × maurus
Saxicola rubicola × torquatus
hybridSaxicola rubicola × torquatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 979942.