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Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra

Classification

Class
Aves

The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa. At one time considered to be in the thrush family, Turdidae, it is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. Both sexes have a strong supercilium, brownish upper parts mottled darker, a pale throat and breast, a pale buff to whitish belly, and a blackish tail with white bases to the outer tail feathers, but in the breeding season, the male has an orange-buff throat and breast.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 36,133Spain · 24,013France · 18,104United Kingdom · 15,647Germany · 10,151Italy · 4,422Switzerland · 2,796Belgium · 844Luxembourg · 365