European stonechat – Saxicola rubicola – is a migratory/resident W Palearctic chat of Type – sallyer, Family Muscicapidae and Order Passeriformes. It has an extensive range over the Temperate and warmer areas of the W Palearctic, where it is migratory in the N and S and resident in the middle. In the AWB Region it is a summer breeder to NW and N Central Turkey, and is resident in SW and S Central Turkey. It is also resident along the N Coastal areas of the Maghreb states, where just to the S as it extends into the the desert it becomes a winter visitor. From SE Tunisia it becomes a winter visitor along the coastal strip to Sinai. It is also a winter visitor to Cyprus.
Type - sallyer - Summer Habitat - open rough grassland, heathland, moorland, with scattered shrubs and gorse, Winter Habitat - open semi-desert scrub, Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genus: Saxicola Species - Saxicola rubicola European stonechat - Species - ebird.org European stonechat - Species sheet - wikipedia.org European stonechat - Card - oiseaux-birds.com European stonechat - Species - rspb.org.uk European stonechat - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org Additional Material... European stonechat - Images - google.com European stonechat - Video - youtube.com European stonechat - Datazone - birdlife.org