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Amur Stonechat
Saxicola stejnegeri
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About the Amur Stonechat
The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) is a recently validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). Like the other thrush-like flycatchers, it was often placed in the Turdidae in the past. It breeds in the East Palearctic including in easternmost Europe and winters in the Old World tropics.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Saxicola stejnegeri
- Family
- Old World Flycatchers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the old world flycatchers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
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