European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia β€ΊPhylum: Chordata β€ΊClass: Aves β€ΊOrder: Passeriformes β€ΊFamily: Muscicapidae β€ΊGenus: Saxicola

About

The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Long considered a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, genetic evidence has placed it and its relatives in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.