African stonechat
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The African stonechat or common stonechat is a species of the Old World flycatcher family, inhabiting sub-Saharan Africa and adjacent regions. Like the other chats, it was long assigned to the thrush
Saxicola torquatus South Africa male 8
African stonechat Female
Adult male S. t. axillaris from Kenya
Saxicola
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Saxicola, the stonechats or chats, is a genus of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. They are insectivores occurring in open scrubland and grassland with scattered small shrubs. The gen
African stonechat
…binomial name Muscicapa torquata and cited Brisson's work. The specific name is from Latin torquatus "collared". This species is now placed in the genus Saxicola that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The closest relative of this species are apparently not the Eurasian…
Stonechat male, Beaulieu, Hampshire
Female pied bushchat (Saxicola caprata bicolor), India
Jerdon's Bush Chat, Inle Lake, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar
Grey Bushchat