Saxicola

Saxicola
Male European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Saxicola
Bechstein, 1802
Type species
Motacilla rubicola
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

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Saxicola (Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in), the stonechats or chats, is a genus of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. They are insectivores occurring in open scrubland and grassland with scattered small shrubs. The genus contains 18 species, of which four are prehistoric.

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