European Stonechat vs Pied Bush Chat

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Tiny15 gShrubland

The stonechat is 11.5–13 cm (4.5–5.1 in) long and weighs 13–17 g (0.46–0.60 oz), slightly smaller than the European robin. Both sexes have distinctively short wings, shorter than those of the more migratory whinchat and Siberian stonechat. The summer male has black upperparts, a black head, an orange throat and breast, and a white belly and vent. It also has a white half-collar on the sides of its neck, a small white scapular patch on the wings, and a very small white patch on the rump often streaked with black.

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Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Aberrant, call, song · Genêts, Manche, Normandie, France · CC0

Photo: Hobbyfotowiki · CC0

Pied Bush Chat

Saxicola caprata

Small15 gShrubland

At 13 cm (5.1 in), the pied bush chat is slightly smaller than the Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maurus, although it has a similar dumpy structure and upright stance. The male is black except for a white rump, wing patch and lower belly. The iris is dark brown, the bill and legs black. The female is drab brown and slightly streaked. Juveniles have a scaly appearance on the underside but dark above like the females. A number of geographic populations have been given subspecies status: nominate caprata (Linnaeus, 1766) is found in Luzon and Mindoro, in the Philippines.

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Photo: Haneesh K M. · CC0

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