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[[Image:Whinchat.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Rob|Rob}}<br />Photo taken: [[Netherlands]].]] | [[Image:Whinchat.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Rob|Rob}}<br />Photo taken: [[Netherlands]].]] | ||
;[[:Category:Saxicola|Saxicola]] rubetra | ;[[:Category:Saxicola|Saxicola]] rubetra | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 12.5cm | + | 12.5cm<br /> |
| − | + | It has a prominent white stripe above the eye. This bird is streaky brown above and warm orangish-buff on the breast. White wing patch and tail base. Black bill and legs. | |
| − | + | ====Similar Species==== | |
| − | + | [[European Stonechat]]: | |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Breeds in upland areas of northern and western [[Britain]] with a few in [[Ireland]]. Winters in central and southern [[Africa]]. | Breeds in upland areas of northern and western [[Britain]] with a few in [[Ireland]]. Winters in central and southern [[Africa]]. | ||
| + | [[Image:Whinchat female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />Near Loch Venachar, The Trossachs, [[Scotland]], June 2008]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | Monotypic<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Breeds on damper areas of moors and heaths, particularly with low bushes, gorse etc. On passage may be seen on railway embankments and cultivated fields. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | ====Movement==== | |
| − | + | Hops or runs on the ground and often perches on top of low bushes. Flitting flight. Flycatches from perch. | |
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
The diet includes insects and their larvae, also seeds and berries. | The diet includes insects and their larvae, also seeds and berries. | ||
| − | + | [[Image:IMG 4850bo.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|IanF|IanF}}<br />Greenabella Marsh, Billingham, [[Cleveland]], [[UK]], August 2009]] | |
| − | The female builds a nest from dead grass and moss, lined with fine grasses and hair, usually on the ground among tall grass on moors and heaths. 4-7 smooth, glossy, | + | ====Breeding==== |
| − | + | The female builds a nest from dead grass and moss, lined with fine grasses and hair, usually on the ground among tall grass on moors and heaths. The 4-7 smooth, glossy, light greenish-blue with reddish-brown speckling eggs are incubated by the female for 13-14 days. Both adults feed the young, which fledge after a further 14 days. | |
===Vocalisation=== | ===Vocalisation=== | ||
| + | '''Calls''': Short scolding 'tictic' and a 'tu-tic-tic' calls.<br /> | ||
| + | '''Song''': A brief, rather metallic warbling. | ||
<flashmp3>Saxicola rubetra (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Saxicola rubetra (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Saxicola rubetra (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Saxicola rubetra (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
| − | + | ==References== | |
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#British Garden Birds | ||
| + | #Wikipedia | ||
| + | #Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6 | ||
| + | #Collins Field Guide 5th Edition | ||
| + | #Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds 1966 | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Saxicola+rubetra}} | {{GSearch|Saxicola+rubetra}} | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 18 September 2009
- Saxicola rubetra
Identification
12.5cm
It has a prominent white stripe above the eye. This bird is streaky brown above and warm orangish-buff on the breast. White wing patch and tail base. Black bill and legs.
Similar Species
Distribution
Breeds in upland areas of northern and western Britain with a few in Ireland. Winters in central and southern Africa.
Taxonomy
Monotypic[1]
Habitat
Breeds on damper areas of moors and heaths, particularly with low bushes, gorse etc. On passage may be seen on railway embankments and cultivated fields.
Behaviour
Movement
Hops or runs on the ground and often perches on top of low bushes. Flitting flight. Flycatches from perch.
Diet
The diet includes insects and their larvae, also seeds and berries.
Breeding
The female builds a nest from dead grass and moss, lined with fine grasses and hair, usually on the ground among tall grass on moors and heaths. The 4-7 smooth, glossy, light greenish-blue with reddish-brown speckling eggs are incubated by the female for 13-14 days. Both adults feed the young, which fledge after a further 14 days.
Vocalisation
Calls: Short scolding 'tictic' and a 'tu-tic-tic' calls.
Song: A brief, rather metallic warbling.
<flashmp3>Saxicola rubetra (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- British Garden Birds
- Wikipedia
- Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
- Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
- Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds 1966
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Whinchat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Whinchat
External Links
