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Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

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Description:

Medium sized flycatcher, grey-black above, cream white bellow with a large rusty-orange spot on chest. Bright white throat collar.

Habitat:

Very common around agricultural fields; I see them especially on tops of manure being left next to fields in preparation for cultivation.

Notes:

Previously considered subspecies of S. torquatus.

Reference Links:

European stonechat - Wikipedia

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