Siberian stonechat
| Siberian stonechat | |
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| Male in breeding plumage Andhra Pradesh, India | |
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| Female Uttar Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Saxicola |
| Species: | S. maurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Saxicola maurus (Pallas, 1773)
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| Synonyms | |
The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) is a recently validated
.Description, systematics and taxonomy
It resembles its closest living relative the European stonechat (S. rubicola), but is typically darker above and paler below, with a white rump and whiter underparts with less orange on the breast. The male in breeding plumage has black upperparts and head (lacking the brownish tones of the European stonechat), a conspicuous white collar, scapular patch and rump, and a restricted area of orange on the throat.[1]
The female has pale brown upperparts and head, white neck patches (not a full collar), and a pale, unstreaked pinkish-yellow rump. Males in winter plumage are intermediate between summer males and females, with a supercilium resembling the whinchat (S. rubetra); from this species and the female it can be distinguished by the full white collar.[1]
If seen at close distance, it can be recognized that its primary
The male has a clicking call, like two
There are five or six
In the past, S. maurus was usually included in S. torquatus as part of the "
Its scientific name means "dark rock-dweller". Saxicola derives from
in reference to the upperpart colour as compared to S. rubicola.Distribution and ecology
The breeding range covers most of
The wintering range of the
The Siberian stonechat is
Though it is not considered a distinct
Gallery
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Male non-breeding, Uttar Pradesh, India -
Male S. m. indicus, Bardiya National Park, Nepal -
Siberian stonechat -
Siberian stonechat wintering at Dipor Bil, Assam, India -
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Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Robertson (1977), Stoddart (1992), Urquhart & Bowley (2002)
- ^ Urquhart & Bowley (2002)
- ^ Bangs (1932), Urquhart & Bowley (2002)
- ^ Wittmann et al. (1995), Urquhart & Bowley (2002), Wink et al. (2002)
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Robertson (1977), Urquhart & Bowley (2002)
- ^ Bangs (1932), Inskipp et al. (2000), Urquhart & Bowley (2002)
- ^ BLI (2009)
References
- Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 18(11): 343–379. Fulltext at the Internet Archive
- BirdLife International (2020). "Saxicola torquatus". . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim & Sherub (2000):"The ornithological importance of Thrumshingla National Park, Bhutan". Forktail 14: 147–162.
- Robertson, Iain (1977): Identification and European status of eastern Stonechats Brit. Birds 70: 237–245.
- Stoddart, Andy (1992): Identification of Siberian Stonechat Birding World 5(9): 348–356.
- Urquhart, Ewan & Bowley, Adam (2002): Stonechats. A Guide to the Genus Saxicola. ISBN 0-7136-6024-4
- Wink, M.; Sauer-Gürth, H. & Gwinner, E. (2002): Evolutionary relationships of stonechats and related species inferred from mitochondrial-DNA sequences and genomic fingerprinting. British Birds 95: 349–355. PDF fulltext
- Wittmann, U.; Heidrich, P.; Wink, M. & Gwinner, E. (1995): Speciation in the Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) inferred from nucleotide sequences of the cytochrome b-gene. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 33(2): 116–122.
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