Amur Stonechat
Saxicola stejnegeri
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 3,925
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇳 China
Description
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 the East Palearctic including in easternmost Europe and winters in the Old World tropics.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Siberian stonechat”.