Saxicola insignis

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology: It breeds (c.June) in alpine or subalpine meadows and scrub in mountains. It winters (October-May) in wet and dry grasslands, reeds and tamarisks along riverbeds, and also in sugarcane fields , in open terrain below 250 m. On migration, it occurs up to 4,500 m. Optimum grassland habitat appears to comprise a mosaic of disturbed (burned or grazed) and undisturbed habitat, although it is absent from apparently suitable sites.[1]


List of Habitats:3.7Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude 4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 4.6Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded 4.7Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude 14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Saxicola

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 107 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. albicans · S. albicollis · S. alboniger · S. aurita · S. axillaris · S. baroica · S. bicolor · S. bifasciata (Buff-Streaked Chat) · S. bifasciatus · S. borbonensis · S. caprata (Pied Bush Chat) · S. caprata aethiops · S. caprata atrata · S. caprata belensis · S. caprata bicolor · S. caprata burmanica · S. caprata caprata (Pied Bush Chat) · S. caprata fruticola · S. caprata nilgiriensis · S. caprata rossorum · S. caprata wahgiensis · S. castor · S. caterinae · S. dacotiae (Canary Islands Bush Chat) · S. dacotiae dacotiae (Canary Islands Stonechat) · S. dacotiae murielae · S. deserti · S. erythropygia · S. falkensteini · S. ferrea (Grey Bushchat) · S. ferrea haringtoni · S. ferreus (Grey Bushchat) · S. gutturalis (White-Bellied Bush Chat) · S. hendersoni · S. heuglini · S. hispanica · S. insignis (White-Throated Bush Chat) · S. isabellina · S. jerdoni (Jerdon's Bush Chat) · S. kingi · S. leucomela · S. leucura (White-Tailed Stonechat) · S. leucurus (White-Tailed Stonechat) · S. libanotica · S. lugens · S. macrorhyncha (White-Browed Bushchat) · S. macrorhynchus (White-Browed Bushchat) · S. maura (Siberian Stonechat) · S. maura maura (Siberian Stonechat) · S. maura stejnegeri · S. maurus · S. monacha · S. montana · S. morio · S. nigra · S. nigrorufa · S. oenanthe · S. oenanthe oenanthe · S. olivea · S. paleartica · S. phillipsi · S. picata · S. pileata · S. pileata livingstonii · S. pleschanka · S. rubeculoides · S. ruberta · S. rubetra (Whinchat) · S. rubetra rubetra · S. rubetra senguni · S. rubicola · S. rubicola rubicola · S. salax · S. scotocerca · S. seebohmi · S. somalica · S. spectabilis · S. stapazina · S. tectes · S. tephronota · S. tholloni · S. torquata (Siberian Stonechat) · S. torquata albofasciata · S. torquata axillaris · S. torquata hibernans · S. torquata indica · S. torquata jebelmarrae · S. torquata kleinschmidti · S. torquata maura · S. torquata moptana · S. torquata nebularum · S. torquata pallidigula · S. torquata promiscua · S. torquata przewalskii · S. torquata rubicola · S. torquata salax · S. torquata sibilla · S. torquata stejnegeri · S. torquata stonei · S. torquata theresae

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Further Reading

• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
• Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
• IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Saxicola insignis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3848076
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562833
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562833
• IUCN ID: 19930
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10906

Footnotes

1. BirdLife International 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]

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