Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Siberian Stonechat

Saxicola maurus

The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) is a recently validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). Like the other thrush-like flycatchers, it was often placed in the Turdidae in the past. It breeds in temperate Asia and easternmost Europe and winters in the Old World tropics.

Family
Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Order
Passeriformes
Diet
Invertebrates

Where to see it: Repetek қорығы (Repetek Nature Reserve) (Turkmenistan); Manohara River (Nepal); Band e Amir (Afghanistan); Repetek reserve (Turkmenistan); Joint Base Balad (Iraq).

Photo: Tonynirappathu, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons