#saxicola

[herpsandbirds]

Madagascar Stonechat (Saxicola sibilla), male, family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes, Andasibe, Madagascar

photograph by Charles J. Sharp

[alonglistofbirds]

[2025/11056] Canary islands stonechat - Saxicola dacotiae

Also known as: Fuerteventura stonechat

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Muscicapoidea Family: Muscicapidae (old world flycatchers) Genus: Saxicola (chats)

Photo credit: Marco Valentini via Macaulay Library

[birdblues]

European Stonechat

[snototter]

A juvenile European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) in Lepe, UK

by Barbara Evans

[unrestrained-balderdash-art-blog]

Stonechat for Birbruary, which is to raise awareness of Songbird Survival

Reference photo by Liz Cutting

[wildtokyo-jp]

Male and female Common stonechat, Saxicola torquatus The birds in the family Muscicapidae are called Old World flycatchers in English. As the name suggests, they have a wonderful ability to soar over small insects in flight, and then skillfully nip down (sometimes it doesn't work...). It is also a pleasure to join the local people who watch over the birds and learn about the nature and history of the region.

ノビタキの雌雄 ヒタキ科を英語でOld World flycatcherと呼ぶそうだが、その名の通り、素晴らしい上昇力で飛んでいる小昆虫めがけて飛び上がり、上手にくわえて下りてくる（うまくいかないこともある）。 見守る地元の方々とご一緒して、土地の自然や歴史について教えていただくのも、また楽しい時間。

Nagano Pref. 長野県 2023/6

[jnaneshkumar]

Stonechat Camera details: Nikon D7500 with Tamron SP 150-600mm Di VC USD G2 f/5 -6.3 #stonechat #saxicolatorquatus #saxicolarubicola #commonstonechat #animalia #muscicapidae #saxicola #birding #birdphotography #birdclicks #photography #birdlovers #wildlifepictures #wildlifephotography #wildlifeclick #wildlifeonearth #birdingphotography #nature #natgeoyourshot #naturephotography #naturelovers #wildlifeindia #incredibleindia #natgeowild #natgeo #nikond7500 #tamronlens #tamron150600mm https://www.instagram.com/p/CmiuKyPMpOR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tarlokkumarphotography]

Pied Bush Chat Scientific name: Saxicola Caprata Higher classification: Saxicola Family: Muscicapidae Another beautiful bird in the list!!! More Information: The pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) is a small passerine bird found ranging from West Asia and Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. About sixteen subspecies are recognized through its wide range with many island forms. It is a familiar bird of countryside and open scrub or grassland where it is found perched at the top of short thorn trees or other shrubs, looking out for insect prey. They pick up insects mainly from the ground, and were, like other chats, placed in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now considered as Old World flycatchers. They nest in cavities in stone walls or in holes in an embankment, lining the nest with grass and animal hair. The males are black with white shoulder and vent patches whose extent varies among populations. Females are predominantly brownish while juveniles are speckled. #bushchat #piedbushchat #saxicolacaprata #saxicola #muscicapidae #small #passerine #bird #birds #birdsofindia #birdsofpunjab #birdsonearth #birdphotography #birdlife_insta #wildbird #bbcearth #bbcwildlife #bbcwildlifepotd (at Punjab, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCxhYGqifa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sugiichi]

Saxicola torquata [ノビタキ,Siberian Stonechat]

コスモスを見上げて、なにを考えているんでしょうかね～😊

[herpsandbirds]

European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola), family Muscicapidae, Hampshire, UK

Formerly considered a sub-species of the Common Stonechat, S. torquatus.

Also, this genus was formerly considered to be in the Thrush family, Turdidae, but is now considered to be in the Old World Flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

photograph by Charles J. Sharp 

[alonglistofbirds]

[97/10,976] African Stonechat - Saxicola torquatus

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Muscicapoidea Family: Muscicapidae (old-world flycatchers) Genus: Saxicola (chats)

Photo credit: Marco Valentini via Macaulay Library

[birdblues]

Siberian Stonechat

[kyokoito]

[kavohh707]

Stonechat on a fence.

[lichenaday]

Calogaya saxicola

Rock jewel lichen

I was raised in a culture that lived and breathed toxic positivity. You weren't allowed to suffer without acknowledging how grateful you were it wasn't worse, how much you were growing from the experience, how blessed you were in other ways--and that was the suffering. The blessing had to be constantly expounded upon. To rebel against that culture, I surrounded myself in cynicism. I was critical and judgmental and pessimistic. And part of that was mental illness, but a part of me also clung to it because it felt like some enlightened superiority to the people I grew up around. But it wasn't. I was just making myself fucking miserable. And so slowly, slowly, slowly, I gave myself permission to enjoy things again--uncritically, unironically, and without the need to quantify or justify or worship. When I see C. saxicola, I get that feeling. I feel grateful to just be and exist in a world covered in tiny, beautiful, magnificent, magical things. And I don't need to justify it or question it or proclaim it (though I am proclaiming it, to you now. You can take the girl out of the church but you can't take the church out of the girl), I can just sit with it and enjoy a bit of child-like wonder. And that's why I love lichens--they allow me to fall in love with the world over and over and over again.

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[coollittleguys]

Some cool birds I saw on a uni trip in the Alcazar de San Juan lakes. Definitely the best thing I've ever seen in Ciudad Real. Also it was really cool seeing wild flamingos.

European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)

Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)