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European Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Joost van Bruggen (XC432235). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Eurasian LinnetLinaria cannabina
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,024,431 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 1,024,431 |
| Spain | 10,158 |
| United Kingdom | 7,122 |
| England | 5,384 |
| Portugal | 5,192 |
| France | 4,769 |
| Germany | 3,459 |
| Andalucía | 2,225 |
| Italy | 2,079 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats · Muscicapidae |
| Genus | Stonechats and Bushchats · Saxicola |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise European Stonechat with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.