The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat is a recently validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). Like the other thrush-like flycatchers, it was often placed in the Turdidae in the past. It breeds in the East Palearctic including in easternmost Europe and winters in the Old World tropics.
Image: Siberian stonechat Male
Image: Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) female, Salai, UP, India
Male non-breeding, Uttar Pradesh, India
Male S. m. indicus, Bardiya National Park, Nepal
The European stonechat is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Long considered a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, genetic evidence has placed it and its relatives in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, as far east as Ukraine and the South Caucasus, and in parts of North Africa.
Image: Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) male, Beaulieu, Hampshire
Image: Saxicola rubicola Belgium female 8 (1)
Juvenile in Spain
Eggs