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Old World chats
Synonym: genus Saxicola
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| European Stonechat, Saxicola rubicola From front to back: Male, female, young |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Saxicola Bechstein, 1802 |
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The genus Saxicola[1], the stonechats or chats, is a genus of 14 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. They are insectivores of open scrubland and grassland with scattered small shrubs.
Saxicola torquatus was at one time used for the supposed taxon "Common Stonechat". With addition of mtDNA cytochrome b sequence and nDNA fingerprinting data (Urquhart & Bowley 2002, Wink et al. 2002), it was confirmed that not only the Fuerteventura and Réunion Stonechats are distinct species. In addition, the African, European and Siberian Stonechats needed to be separated too. Due to confusion of subspecies allocation, the name S. torquatus was briefly used for the European species, the African Stonechat being S. axillaris. Some studies suggest that the Madagascar subspecies Saxicola torquatus sibilla may be considered a distinct species.[2]
Species list:
- Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra
- Stoliczka's Bushchat or White-browed Bushchat, Saxicola macrorhynchus
- Hodgson's Bushchat or White-throated Bushchat, Saxicola insignis
- Fuerteventura Chat or Canary Island Stonechat, Saxicola dacotiae
- Chinijo Chat, Saxicola dacotiae murielae – extinct (early 20th century)
- European Stonechat, Saxicola rubicola (formerly in S. torquatus)
- Siberian Stonechat or Asian Stonechat, Saxicola maurus (formerly in S. torquatus)
- African Stonechat, Saxicola torquatus
- Ethiopian Stonechat, Saxicola (torquatus) albofasciatus
- Madagascar Stonechat, Saxicola (torquatus) sibilla
- Reunion Stonechat, Saxicola tectes
- White-tailed Stonechat, Saxicola leucurus
- Pied Bushchat, Saxicola caprata
- Jerdon's Bushchat, Saxicola jerdoni
- Grey Bushchat, Saxicola ferreus
- White-bellied Bushchat or Timor Bushchat, Saxicola gutturalis
- Buff-streaked Bushchat, Saxicola bifasciatus
References
- Urquhart, Ewan & Bowley, Adam (2002): Stonechats. A Guide to the Genus Saxicola. Christopher Helm, London. 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
- ^ Etymology: Saxicola, "rock-dweller", from Latin saxum, a rock + incola, one who dwells someplace.
- ^ Friederike Woog; Michael Wink;Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani ;Javier Gonzalez ; Barbara Helm (2008). "Distinct taxonomic position of the Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola torquatus sibilla) revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA". J. Ornithol. 149: 423–430. doi:.
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