Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola maura - Common Stonechat - Muscicapidae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves (Birds) Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae

Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maura) - male assuming breeding plumage, photograph © Rajiv Lather

Saxicola maura
male in non-breeding plumage

Saxicola maura
Siberian Stonechat female

Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maura), also called Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata), is a local resident and common winter visitor in India. Size: 13 cm


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Siberian Stonechat