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    (c) Nik Borrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) copper, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) suemarsden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Derek Keats, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Derek Keats, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) tapaculo99, all rights reserved

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African Stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Worldwide
6,593 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The African stonechat or common stonechat (Saxicola torquatus) is a species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae), inhabiting sub-Saharan Africa and adjacent regions. Like the other chats, it was long assigned to the thrush family (Turdidae), to which the chats are convergent. Its scientific name refer to its appearance and habitat and means "collared rock-dweller": Saxicola from Latin saxum ("rock") + incola ("one who dwells in a place"), torquatus, Latin for "collared".

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