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| Eastern Stonechat/Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus przewalskii
- Male |
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| Photographer : | © Chris Ross |
| Location : | Ban Chang Rayong Thailand |
| Date : |
Dec 2000 |
| English synonyms: | Stonechat, Common Stonechat, Collared Stonechat, Collared Bushchat, Collared Bush Chat, Collared Indian Bush Chat, Black-headed Chat, Stejneger's Stonechat (stejnegeri), Tibetan Stonechat (przewalskii), Himalayan Stonechat (indicus) |
| Bird Family : | Saxicolini - Robins, Nightingales, Chats, Shamas, Redstarts, Grandala, Forktails, Cochoas & Wheatears |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | This lone bird was a winter visitor to overgrown areas around the golf course at Eastern star where I was living in Thailand. CR Recent developments in taxonomy suggest that Asian taxa may be better split from the European and African forms as a separate species - Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura of which przewalskii is a subspecies. |
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