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Common Stonechat

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Stable

Alternate Names

Siberian Stonechat, Asian Stonechat

Native Habitat

Scrubland

Diet

Insects

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Common Stonechat

Saxicola maurus

The Common Stonechat resembles its closest living relative the European Stonechat, but is typically darker above and paler below, with a white rump and whiter underparts with less orange on the breast.

Regional Names
  • Gujarati:
    મેંદીયો પિદ્દો
  • Marathi:
    गप्पीदास, गोजा
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Taxanomy

PASSERIFORMES
MUSCICAPIDAE
Saxicola maurus