Saxicola

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Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola )

The Wiesenschmätzer ( Saxicola ) are a species of bird from the family of flycatchers ( Muscicapidae ).

Wiesenschmätzer are small insectivorous songbirds that inhabit open areas with scattered bushes growing and similar structures. The genus is confined in an exceptionally large brood spread to the Old World, in America it is not common.

Species

Currently, 15 species are classified in the genus:

• Wiesenschmätzer ( Saxicola ) Mohrenschwarzkehlchen ( Saxicola caprata )
• Kanarenschmätzer ( Saxicola dacotiae )
• Grauschmätzer ( Saxicola Ferreus )
• Timorschmätzer ( Saxicola gutturalis )
• Mattenschmätzer ( Saxicola insignis )
• Jerdon - Schmätzer ( Saxicola jerdoni )
• White-tailed Stonechat ( Saxicola leucurus )
• Wüstenbraunkehlchen ( Saxicola macrorhynchus )
• Siberian Stonechat ( Saxicola maurus )
• Whinchat ( Saxicola rubetra )
• Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola )
• Madagascar Stonechat ( Saxicola sibilla )
• Stejnegers Stonechat ( Saxicola stejnegeri )
• Réunionschwarzkehlchen ( Saxicola tectes )
• African Stonechat ( Saxicola torquatus )

Gallery

European Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola )