Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola
Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)

♂

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A small songbird, ♂ with a black head and white neck markings with an orange breast. The ♀ has a brown head and pale orange breast. Both sexes have a brown marked back and wings with white shoulders visible when sitting.

Often on high lookout points singing and/or looking for prey. 

⇔ l. 12-13 cm

This migratory bird is wintering in coastal areas.

LA:
≈ The OENANTHE OENANTHE (Wheatear) is greyish with the orange limited to the throat. 
≈ The SAXICOLA RUBETRA (Whinchat) has a brown head with a white eyebrow.

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