Madagascar stonechat

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Madagascar stonechat
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Madagascar stonechat ( Saxicola sibilla )

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Family : Flycatcher (Muscicapidae)
Subfamily : Schmätzer (Saxicolinae)
Genre : Meadow treacher ( Saxicola )
Type : Madagascar stonechat
Scientific name
Saxicola sibilla
( Linnaeus , 1766)

The Madagascar stonechat ( Saxicola sibilla or Saxicola torquatus sibilla ) is a small songbird belonging to the genus of meadow chatter ( Saxicola ) and the flycatcher family (Muscicapidae).

It was originally (and is partially still) considered a subspecies of the European stonechat , but was classified as a separate species by Ewan Urquhart and Adam Bowley in 2002.

features

This small bird is very similar to the African stonechat, but has more black on the throat and only a little orange-red on the upper side of the chest in the male.

distribution and habitat

The Madagascar stonechat is endemic to Madagascar .

The following subspecies can be distinguished:

  • Saxicola sibilla ankaratrae , ( Solomon Islands , 1934), central Madagascar to the west coast, significantly larger
  • Saxicola sibilla tsaratananae , ( Milon , 1950), Tsaratanana massif in the north
  • Saxicola sibilla sibilla nominate form in the rest of the country

Hazardous situation

(not examined)

literature

  • F. Salomonsen: On a hitherto unknown fauna of montane birds in Central Madagascar. In: Novitates Zoologicae , 1934, Vol. 39, pp. 207-215
  • P. Milon: Les formes de Saxicola torquatus à Madagascar. In: Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle , Paris, 1950, Vol. 2, pp. 705–708

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook of the Birds of the World
  2. ↑ E. Urquhart, A.Bowley: Stonechats. A Guide to the Genus Saxicola . Christopher Helm, London 2002, ISBN 0-7136-6024-4 .
  3. ↑ a b Friederike Woog, Michael Wink u. a .: Distinct taxonomic position of the Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola torquatus sibilla) revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA. In: Journal of Ornithology. 149, 2008, p. 423, doi: 10.1007 / s10336-008-0290-1 .
  4. ^ F. Hawkins, R. Safford, A. Skerrett: Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands. Helm Field Guides, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4729-2409-4
  5. ↑ Avibase
  6. ↑ Chats, Old World flycatchers. In: IOC World Bird List Version 6.4 ( Online )

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