Thrushes (Turdidae)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) - HBW 10, p. 777
French: Tarier des prés
German: Braunkehlchen
Spanish: Tarabilla Norteña
Other common names: Meadow/Grass Chat
Taxonomy: Motacilla Rubetra Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Europe E to W Siberia, NW & E Asia Minor, Caucasus and NW Iran; non-breeding Africa.
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An adult male perched on a bush. Locality Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 20 June 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A close-up of an adult male. Locality Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 20 June 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of an adult female. Locality Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 20 June 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of a bird. Locality Sierra de La Culebra, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain
Javier Ortas 13 September 2007 4 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
Autumn, bird brings up a pellet. Filmed at Corton old sewage works Locality Suffolk, England, Great Britain
Kim Tarsey 4 October 2011 1 year ago 1 min 8 sec 4.3 -
Male Whinchat chatting. Locality Austria
Andreas Gruber 4 July 2010 2 years ago 44 sec 4.2
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A bird singing.
Locality Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 12 October 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
A male on a stake.
Locality Waimes, Liège Province, Belgium
Franck Renard 13 June 2007 4 years ago 4.4 -
adult male
Locality Wales, Great Britain
gerfer 43 weeks ago 4.4 -
Feeding on a lawn
Locality Sealine Beach Resort, Mesaieed, Al Wakrah, Qatar
John A Thompson 23 April 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
on a twig
Locality Valley of Tears (Bacha Valley), Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 13 September 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
bird on a meadow
Locality Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Western Russia, Russia
zarutat 7 June 2008 1 year ago 4.3
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A male alarming. Locality The Pyrenees, France
(Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 28 July 2006 3 years ago 3
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