Meadow gossip

Meadow gossip
	Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola )
Systematics
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Superfamily :	Muscicapoidea
Family :	Flycatcher (Muscicapidae)
Subfamily :	Schmätzer (Saxicolinae)
Genre :	Meadow gossip
Scientific name
	Saxicola
	Bechstein , 1802

The Wiesenschmätzer ( Saxicola ) are a genus of the flycatcher family (Muscicapidae).

Meadow gossips are small insect-eating songbirds that populate open areas with isolated bushes and similar structures. The genus is restricted to the Old World with an extraordinarily wide brood distribution ; it does not occur in America .

features

Wiesenschlätzer are small to medium-sized, compact songbirds with a rather short, rectangular tail . Their beak is short and strong with a fairly broad base. The beak bristles are well developed and quite long, the legs thin. The wings are more rounded than pointed. The sexes show different plumage colors .

species

Currently 15 species are classified in the genus:

Meadow treacher ( Saxicola )
- Mohrenschwarzkehlchen ( Saxicola caprata )
- Canary treacherous ( Saxicola dacotiae )
- Gray valer ( Saxicola ferreus )
- Timor wheatear ( Saxicola gutturalis )
- Mat treacherous ( Saxicola insignis )
- Jerdon Schmätzer ( Saxicola jerdoni )
- White-tailed stonechat ( Saxicola leucurus )
- Common Whinchat ( Saxicola macrorhynchus )
- Siberian stonechat ( Saxicola maurus )
- Whinchat ( Saxicola rubetra )
- Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola )
- Madagascar stonechat ( Saxicola sibilla )
- Reunion black throat ( Saxicola tectes )

gallery

Mohrenschwarzkehlchen ( Saxicola caprata ), male
Mohrenschwarzkehlchen ( Saxicola caprata ), female
Canary treacherous ( Saxicola dacotiae )
Gray valer ( Saxicola ferreus )
Whinchat ( Saxicola rubetra )
European stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola )
African stonechat ( Saxicola torquatus )

Web links

Commons : Wiesenschmätzer ( Saxicola ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Friederike Woog et al. : Distinct taxonomic position of the Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola torquatus sibilla) revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA. In: J Ornithol (2008) 149: 423-430 ( doi: 10.1007 / s10336-008-0290-1 )
↑ Juan Carlos Illera et al. : Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and speciation in the avian genus Saxicola. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48 (2008) 1145-1154. ( Online ; PDF; 314 kB)
↑ Peter Clement: Robins and Chats. Christopher Helm, 2015, p. 464.
↑ Chats, Old World flycatchers. In: IOC World Bird List Version 6.4 ( Online )

[Woog-1] Friederike Woog et al. : Distinct taxonomic position of the Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola torquatus sibilla) revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA. In: J Ornithol (2008) 149: 423-430 ( doi: 10.1007 / s10336-008-0290-1 )

[Illera-2] Juan Carlos Illera et al. : Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and speciation in the avian genus Saxicola. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48 (2008) 1145-1154. ( Online ; PDF; 314 kB)

[Clement-3] Peter Clement: Robins and Chats. Christopher Helm, 2015, p. 464.

[IOC_WBL-4] Chats, Old World flycatchers. In: IOC World Bird List Version 6.4 ( Online )