Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri] (European, Siberian or Amur Stonechat)

European, Siberian or Amur Stonechat

Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri] (= Saxicola rubicola) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Saxicola
Scientific:
  Saxicola rubicola

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
[Motacilla] Rubicola

Type locality:
Europae [= France]; restricted to Seine Inferieure by Meinertzhagen, 1940, Ibis, p. 215.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/336/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
467A653ACE09B6CD

Avibase ID:
avibase-467A653A

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/467A653A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916345

Geographic range:

Saxicola rubicola rubicola: western and southern Europe, and North Africa; winters to Middle East
Saxicola rubicola hibernans: Britain, Ireland, coastal western France, and western coast of Iberian Peninsula
Saxicola maurus maurus: eastern Russia to central Asia; winters to Iran, Iraq, and northern India
Saxicola maurus indicus: Himalayas (Kashmir to Sikkim and Assam); winters to India
Saxicola maurus przewalskii: mountains of western China; winters to Myanmar and northern India
Saxicola maurus variegatus: mountains of eastern Türkiye to Transcaucasia and Iran
Saxicola maurus hemprichii: steppes of lower Volga and mouth of Ural River to eastern Caucasus
Saxicola stejnegeri: eastern Siberia to Japan and Korea; winters to southern China and Indochina
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
European, Siberian or Amur Stonechat
French:
Tarier pâtre, T. de Sibérie ou T. de Stejneger

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): European, Siberian or Amur Stonechat ( Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): European, Siberian or Amur Stonechat ( Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): European, Siberian or Amur Stonechat ( Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): European, Siberian or Stejneger's Stonechat ( Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): European, Siberian or Stejneger's Stonechat ( Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): European, Siberian or Stejneger's Stonechat ( Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): European, Siberian or Stejneger's Stonechat ( Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): European, Siberian or Stejneger's Stonechat ( Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): European, Siberian or Stejneger's Stonechat ( Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri])
Clements 5th edition (as published): Common Stonechat ( Saxicola torquata) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Common Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Common Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Common Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Saxicola [rubicola, torquatus, sibilla, albofasciatus, maurus or stejnegeri]

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Afrikaans: Bontrokkie
Arabic: البرقش المطوق
Asturian: Charchar
Azerbaijani: Qarabaş çəkçəkisi
Belarusian: Чорнагаловы ерчык
Bulgarian: Европейско черногушо ливадарче
Bengali: পাতি শিলাফিদ্দা
Breton: Ar strakig-lann
Catalan: Bitxac comú
Catalan (Balears): Vitrac
Czech: bramborníček africký
Welsh: Clochdar y cerrig
Danish: Sortstrubet Bynkefugl
German: Schwarzkehlchen
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Μαυρολαίμης
Greek (Cypriot): Παπαθκιά
English: Common Stonechat, European, Siberian or Amur Stonechat, European, Siberian or Stejneger's Stonechat
Esperanto: nigragorĝulo
Spanish: Tarabilla Común
Spanish (Spain): Tarabilla Común
Estonian: Kaelustäks
Basque: Pitxartxar burubeltz
Persian: چک اروپایی
Finnish: mustapäätasku
Faroese: Svartstólpa
French: Tarier pâtre, Tarier pâtre, T. de Sibérie ou T. de l'Amour, Tarier pâtre, T. de Sibérie ou T. de Stejneger
Irish: Caislín Cloch
Gaelic: Clacharan
Galician: Chasco común
Manx: Boid y chonnee
Hebrew: דוחל שחור גרון
Croatian: Crnoglavi Batić
Hungarian: Cigány-csaláncsúcs
Armenian: Եվրոպական սևագլուխ չքչքան, Սևագլուխ Չքչքան
Indonesian: Decu Batu
Icelandic: Hagaskvetta
Italian: Saltimpalo
Japanese (romaji): nishinobitaki
Japanese: ニシノビタキ
Georgian: შავთავა ოვსადი
Kazakh: Қарабас шақшақ
Korean: 검은딱새
Cornish: Chekker
Scientific: Motacilla torquata, Muscicapa torquata, Saxicola [rubicola, maurus or stejnegeri], Saxicola rubicola, Saxicola rubicola rubicola, Saxicola torquata, Saxicola torquatus rubicola, Saxicola torquatus torquatus
Luxembourgish: Schwaarzbrëschtchen
Lithuanian: Europine juodagalve kiauliuke
Latvian: Tumšā čakstīte
Malagasy: Fitatra
Macedonian: Црногушо (Планинско) ливадарче
Mongolian: Хар эрхэт шулганаа
Maltese: Buċaqq tax-Xitwa
Nepali: झेकझेक झ्याप्सी
Dutch: Roodborsttapuit
Norwegian: Afrikasvartstrupe
Polish: klaskawka
Portuguese: Cartaxo-comum
Portuguese (Portugal): Cartaxo
Romansh: Puppennair
Romanian: Mărăcinar negru
Russian: Европейский черноголовый чекан, Черноголовый чекан
Scots: Clacharan
Slovak: pŕhľaviar bielokrký
Slovenian: prosnik
Albanian: Ceku kokëzi
Serbian: crnoglava travarka
Swedish: Svarthakad buskskvätta
Swahili: Mhozo Kichwa-cheusi
Thai: นกยอดหญ้าหัวดำ
Turkish: Taşkuşu
Tuvinian: Кара баштыг чыккылаа
Ukrainian: Трав'янка чорноголова
Vietnamese: Sẻ bụi đầu đen
Chinese: 黑喉石(即鸟)
Chinese (Traditional): 黑喉鴝〔黑喉石鵖〕
Chinese (Taiwan): 黑喉鴝