Siberian stonechat
Asian stonechat
saxicola maurus latin

The Siberian Stonechat is insectivorous.

Both sexes have distinctively short wings, shorter than those of the more migratory Whinchat and Siberian Stonechat.

Very rarely, hybridisation between Whinchat and Siberian Stonechat occurs, with a case in reported Finland in 1997.

The Pied Bush Chat is slightly smaller than the Siberian Stonechat, Saxicola maurus, although it has a similar dumpy structure and upright stance.

The Siberian Stonechat or Asian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) is a recently-validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae).

In the past, the European Stonechat was generally considered conspecific with the Siberian Stonechat and African Stonechat, lumped together as Common Stonechat S. torquatus.

All 24 spring records of Siberian Stonechat were reconsidered in 2002-4, in the light of new information on the variability in appearance of European Stonechats in spring; the committee decided that all but five should remain accepted.

It is more easily confused with female or immature Siberian Stonechat S. maura, which (also being a long-distance migrant) shares the longer wingtips; however, Siberian Stonechat can be distinguished by its conspicuous unmarked pale orange-buff rump (in Whinchat, the rump is the same mottled brown colour as the back).

The Siberian Stonechat or Asian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) is a recently-validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae).