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Saxicola rubetra (Whinchat)
Europese
bontrokkie [Afrikaans]; Paapje [Dutch]; Tarier des prés [French];
Braunkehlchen [German]; Cartaxo-nortenho [Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Passeriformes
> Family: Muscicapidae > Genus: Saxicola
Distribution and habitat
Palearctic breeding migrant, as once it has finished
breeding in Europe it heads south to West and Central Africa. It is a rare
vagrant to southern Africa, with a number of records scattered across the
region, in eastern South Africa, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and western
Namibia. It generally prefers open, moist habitats with a few perches and
patches of bare ground, such as in grassland with scattered trees and bushes,
grassy marshes and cultivated areas.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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