Common Stonechat (Sẻ bụi đầu đen, Saxicola torquatus)
also African stonechat
This species is considered superspecies now:
African stonechat Saxicola torquatus in the strict sense
European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
Siberian stonechat Saxicola maurus
Madagascar stonechat Saxicola sibilla
Newly added to this superspecies:
Fuerteventura chat Saxicola dacotiae
Reunion stonechat Saxicola tectes
White-tailed stonechat Saxicola leucurus
Common stonechat is the name used for the Saxicola species Saxicola torquatus of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
The stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World: ground-feeding, strong migratory.
Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in.
torquatus: Latin torquis (“a twisted neck chain, necklace, collar”), from torqueō (“to turn, twist, bend”), Latin torquatus collared (torques collar).