Everything about The Whinchat totally explained
The
Whinchat,
Saxicola rubetra,
is a small
passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the
thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an
Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small
European
species, are often called
chats.
It is a
migratory insectivorous species breeding in open rough pasture or similar uncultivated grassland in
Europe and
Asia. It nests in tussocks. All birds winter in
Africa.
The Whinchat is similar in size to the
European Robin. Both sexes have a yellowish rump and white tail, with a black terminal band. The summer male has brownish upperparts, buff throat and blackish head sides. It has a strong white supercilium. There are white wing patches.
The female has pale brown head sides, a buff supercilium and no white wing patches.
The male has a whistling, crackly song. Its call is a typical chat “chack” noise or a soft whistle.
This species represents a fairly
basal divergence of the
genus Saxicola (Wink
et al. 2002).
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