Showing posts with label Taxicola torquatus. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 12, 2017

COMMON STONECHAT

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017
(*  443)                COMMON STONECHAT             Taxicola torquatus      

NEPAL                   50

Sometimes lumped with Siberian Stonechat but relationship still not clear. 12.2-13 cm. Breeds in open country with bushes, including high altitude semi-desert; winters in scrub, reeds and cultivation. Common and widespread resident, winter visitor and passage migrant.