Madagascar stonechat

Madagascar stonechat
Photo of a small bird with a black back, brown breast, and white belly perched on a tree branch as seen from its side
Male
Photo of a small bird with a dark brown back, lighter brown breast, and beige belly perched on a tree branch as seen from its front
Female
both near Andasibe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Saxicola
Species:
S. sibilla
Binomial name
Saxicola sibilla
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Motacilla sibilla Linnaeus, 1766
  • Saxicola torquatus sibilla (Linnaeus, 1766)

The Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola sibilla) is a species of stonechat, endemic to Madagascar. It is a small bird, closely similar to the African stonechat in both plumage and behaviour, but distinguished from it by the more extensive black on the throat and minimal orange-red on the upper breast of the males.[1]

  1. ^ Urquhart, E., & Bowley, A. (2002): Stonechats. A Guide to the Genus Saxicola. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-6024-4