Thrushes (Turdidae)
White-tailed Stonechat (Saxicola leucurus) - HBW 10, p. 783
French: Tarier à queue blanche
German: Weißschwanz-Schwarzkehlchen
Spanish: Tarabilla Coliblanca
Other common names: White-tailed Bush Chat, Black Stonechat
Taxonomy: Pratincola leucura Blyth, 1847, upper Sind, Pakistan.
Has been treated as conspecific with S. torquatus, and particularly similar to race indicus of latter; further study required. Monotypic.
Distribution: Pakistan and N India E to Bangladesh and Myanmar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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male on floating vegetation, flashes tail whilst perched, and fans tail in flight Locality Ohkla Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 5 December 2009 3 years ago 40 sec 3.3
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An adult male perched on a reed, with prey in its beak.
Locality Bagan, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 1 February 2011 33 weeks ago 3.5 -
An adult male perched on top of a branch near Ayeyarwaddy River.
Locality Bagan, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 1 November 2008 16 weeks ago 3.4 -
female on a manure heap
Locality Assam, India
Desmond Allen 1 January 1998 3 years ago 2.5 -
White tailed stonechat (Male) at Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Delhi, India
Locality Okhla, Delhi, India
Tapas Misra 10 March 2012 1 year ago 2.2 -
In a marsh
Locality Ohkla Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India
Guy Poisson 31 October 2006 2 years ago 2.2 -
male on a manure heap
Locality Assam, India
Desmond Allen 1 January 1998 3 years ago 2
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