European Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) European Stonechat
The European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Saxicola rubicola
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- European Stonechat
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Saxicola rubicola hibernans
- Saxicola rubicola rubicola
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- [Motacilla] Rubicola
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Europae [= France]; restricted to Seine Inferieure by Meinertzhagen, 1940, Ibis, p. 215.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.332
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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