Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies
European Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola
NENot Evaluated
- Family
- Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies (Muscicapidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Long considered a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, genetic evidence has placed it and its relatives in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, as far east as Ukraine and the South Caucasus, and in parts of North Africa.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Chad
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Palestine
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Vatican City
- Western Sahara
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: European stonechat
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.