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Tuesday 10 November 2015

A rare leucistic European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) Mαυρολαiμης - Cyprus

See also

BirdLife Cyprus: Cyprus Bird Report 2015 - First Lesser Flamingo in Cyprus and a rare leucistic European stonechat - Photos by George Konstantinou

European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) (Linnaeus, 1766) Mαυρολαiμης - Παπαδκιά - Φίστρακκας - Cyprus

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) (Linnaeus, 1758) Καστανολαίμης - Βοσκαρούδι - Cyprus



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.
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Photos and video Morfou 10/11/2015 by George Konstantinou

































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