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| European stonechat | |
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| Male S. r. hibernana Hampshire, UK | |
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| Female S. r. rubicola Belgium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Saxicola |
| Species: | S. rubicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Long considered a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, genetic evidence has placed it and its relatives in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, as far east as Ukraine and the South Caucasus, and in parts of North Africa.[2]
- ^ Bonhote, J. Lewis (1907). Birds of Britain. illustrated by H.E. Dresser. London: Adam and Charles Black. pp. 29/31. OCLC 1451688.
- ^ Urquhart, Ewan (2002). Stonechats: A Guide to the Genus Saxicola. A & C Black, 1 Jan. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7136-6024-1.