Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus. It breeds in central and eastern Siberia, Japan, Korea, northeastern China, and eastern Mongolia, and migrates south to southern China and Indochina in winter. Non-breeding- faint pale supercilium and large unstreaked pale orange rump; throat white to … Stejnegers Stonechat ~ Thornham Point, October 9th 2016 Mark Golley & James McCallum (photo Penny Clarke) The find & field identification Much of a rather cold, sometimes wet October Sunday morning had been spent gazing out from on top of the cliffs at Hunstanton in the long-shot hope that the reported Black-browed Albatross of the previous day Subspecific identification is often very difficult so please feel free to add your comment on the pictures below. Henry H: Bird Identification Q&A: 8: Friday 25th April 2008 21:45: Siberian Stonechat? Video. Subspecies. I managed to get down with Mark Payne on the 28th December and saw the bird distantly on a number of occasions.
Binomial name: Saxicola stejnegeri, Carl Parrot, 1908 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri is a species of stonechat native to eastern Asia.

The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) is a recently validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). General characteristics The plumage of Siberian Stonechat differs from that of European Stonechat S. rubicola in several respects (see for example Svensson 1992, Urquhart 2002, Hellström & Wærn 2011). Description Edit. Description Edit.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior. This recent split of the former Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata into several species (including European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola, Siberian Stonechat and now Stejneger’s Stonechat) leaves several taxonomic questions unresolved, and also increases the identification challenge. Audio . Illustrations. Although the identification features are becoming better known there are still photos of birds that look like Siberian Stonechat that turned out to be Stejnegers and vice-versa. deshojo: Bird Identification Q&A: 11: Thursday 26th October 2006 10:53 Names (33) Species names in all available languages. Subspecific identification is often very difficult so please feel free to add your comment on the pictures below. In short, the DNA analysis and conclusions will be very interesting indeed. Description. Revision History; References. 'Siberian' Stonechat: Ruby: Birds & Birding: 19: Thursday 6th November 2008 13:55: Siberian Stonechat? Diet and Foraging. Photos. maura (sometimes considered a separate species, Siberian Stonechat): Black tail lacking any white at base. General characteristics The plumage of Siberian Stonechat differs from that of European Stonechat S. rubicola in several respects (see for example Svensson 1992, Urquhart 2002, Hellström & Wærn 2011). It breeds in temperate Asia and easternmost Europe and … Stonechat identification is notoriously difficult and still a work in progress. Migration Overview. Field identification and ageing of Siberian Stonechats in spring and summer. A much whiter Stonechat was briefly seen in northern Morocco while walking through dense shrubs on 4 April 2016.