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'''Alternative name:  Common Chat'''
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'''Common Stonechat''' may refer to one of three species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Common Stonechat''' (''Saxicola torquatus''):
  
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*'''[[European Stonechat]]''' - ''Saxicola rubicola''
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[[Image:African_Stonechat.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mybs]]
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*'''[[African Stonechat]]''' - ''Saxicola torquatus''
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*'''[[Siberian Stonechat]]''' - ''Saxicola maurus''
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==Identification==
 
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Black head, white half-collar, black back, white rump, black tail, black wings with a large white patch on the top side of the inner wing, dark orange red upper breast, white or pale orange lower breast and belly. '''Females''' brown above and on head, indistinct paler eyebrow line, chestnut-buff rather than orange below, and less white on the wings.
 
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==Distribution==
 
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Southern [[Africa]], north to [[Senegal]] and [[Ethiopia]], with outlying populations in the mountains of southwest [[Arabia]] and on [[Madagascar]] and [[Grand Comoro Island]].
 
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==Taxonomy==
 
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There are 17 subspecies.
 
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==Habitat==
 
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This is a bird of damp grasslands and vleis. It is also found in pastures and fields. In many areas it is resident, but some birds are non-breeding migrants, and in that case are not restricted to damp areas, but may be found in open drier country. It is usually seen in pairs and usually perches up on a stick or shrub. It flies down onto the ground, and often flicks its wings.
 
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==Behaviour==
 
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This species eats mainly insects and worms.
 
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It breeds mainly in the summer months. The nest is well hidden inside a clump of vegetation and consists of an untidy bowl of grass and rootlets. It is lined neatly with rootlets and animal hairs.
 
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==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Saxicola+torquatus}}
 
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[[Category:Birds]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:33, 6 September 2012

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Common Stonechat may refer to one of three species previously considered conspecific under the name Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus):

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