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.

Least Concern

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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 47 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
Whinchat sitting on his watching point. Locality Suwałki Region, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 5 May 2007 2 years ago 4.3
Adult male Locality Soulaire-et-Bourg, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 24 April 2004 4 years ago 4.3
a male perched Locality Robbio, Lombardy Region, Italy
Cristiano Crolle 1 May 2013 6 weeks ago 4.2
adult male Locality Ventotene Island, Pontine Islands, Lazio Region, Italy
Marco Valentini 21 April 2013 7 weeks ago 4.2
Singing his call Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 9 May 2010 3 years ago 4.2
A bird on a twig Locality Greater Poland Province, Poland
Krzysztof Blachowiak 6 June 2009 48 weeks ago 4.1
In search of food for baby birds. Rain Locality Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Western Russia, Russia
zarutat 22 June 2008 1 year ago 4.1
Juvenile stopped in its migration. Locality Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 6 September 2012 38 weeks ago 4.1
Adult Locality Skala Kallonis, Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece
Paul Cools 4 May 2008 26 weeks ago 4
A male got in my hotel garden Locality Ventotene Island, Pontine Islands, Lazio Region, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 28 April 2012 1 year ago 4
A close-up of an adult male in hand, at ISPRA Ringing Station Locality Ventotene Island, Pontine Islands, Lazio Region, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 26 April 2012 1 year ago 4
A male standing on a branch Locality Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Ton Avila 30 March 2010 3 years ago 4
An adult male. Locality Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 29 April 2008 3 years ago 4
A male in breeding plumage. Locality Saint-Beauzire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
Lablanquie 5 May 2009 4 years ago 4
A bird on a rose stem on the Plateau de Saugue. Locality Gavarnie, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
David Lingard 1 September 2010 1 year ago 3.9
A migrating Whinchat along the Dutch coast Locality Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, South Holland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Gerard Visser 3 September 2010 2 years ago 3.9
female incubating on nest Locality Czech Republic (Monotypic species)
Krystof Chmel 12 June 2009 1 year ago 3.7
A male in hand Locality Le Forna Ringing Station, Ponza Island, Pontine Islands, Lazio Region, Italy (Monotypic species)
raniero massoli-novelli 2 May 2013 4 weeks ago 3.6
Whinchat Locality Ordu, Ordu Province, Turkey
cetin ceki 9 October 2010 2 years ago 3.6
A bird on a plant. Locality Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 13 September 2012 35 weeks ago 3.5
Migrant Locality Cape Kaliakra, Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 1 year ago 3.5
An adult male. Locality Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 29 April 2008 3 years ago 3.5
On the floor Locality Switzerland
oleicfrisbee 5 weeks ago 3.4
An adult female in hand, at ISPRA Ringing Station Locality Ventotene Island, Pontine Islands, Lazio Region, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 27 April 2012 1 year ago 3.4
A female in hand Locality Le Forna Ringing Station, Ponza Island, Pontine Islands, Lazio Region, Italy (Monotypic species)
raniero massoli-novelli 3 May 2013 4 weeks ago 3.2
bird near the sea Locality Llobregat Delta, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 21 October 2012 34 weeks ago 3
a snall bird perching on a tree at the Mbamba Bay wetlands Locality Uganda
SURYAKIRAN.NAIK 3 January 2010 1 year ago 3
Bird perched on tall grass and moving with the wind Locality Landes, Aquitanie, France
Nicole Bouglouan 18 September 2005 2 years ago 2.9
A young juvenile Locality Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Anne Cotton 13 July 2010 2 years ago 2.7
A male. Locality Lapland Province, Finland
benoit nabholz 10 June 2010 2 years ago 2.5
A male on a maguey (agave americana Locality Cabo de Palos, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Javier Noguera 10 April 2011 2 years ago 2.2