Saxicola
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Saxicola (Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in[1]), the stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. They are insectivores occurring in open scrubland and grassland with scattered small shrubs.
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Saxicola | |
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Male European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Saxicola Bechstein, 1802 |
Type species | |
Motacilla rubicola Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Species | |
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