Chat (bird)
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 Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
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Chats (formerly sometimes known as Chat-thrushes) are a group of small Old World insectivorous birds formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered Old World flycatchers.
This name is normally applied to the robust ground feeding species found in Europe and Asia; these make up most of the subfamily Saxicolinae.
The are a large number of genera.
Most northern species are strong migrants.
Genera and species are:
FAMILY MUSCICAPIDAE
- Subfamily Saxicolinae
- Genus Tarsiger, bush-robins
- Red-flanked Bluetail or Orange-flanked Bush-robin, Tarsiger cyanurus
- Golden Bush-robin, Tarsiger chrysaeus
- White-browed Bush-robin, Tarsiger indicus
- Rufous-breasted Bush-robin, Tarsiger hyperythrus
- Collared Bush-robin, Tarsiger johnstoniae
- Genus Luscinia - paraphyletic
- Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica
- Siberian Rubythroat, Luscinia calliope
- Rufous-tailed Robin, Luscinia sibilans
- Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia
- Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos
- Indian Blue Robin, Luscinia brunneus
- White-tailed Rubythroat, Luscinia pectoralis
- Rufous-headed Robin, Luscinia ruficeps
- Black-throated Blue Robin, Luscinia obscura
- Firethroat, Luscinia pectardens
- Siberian Blue Robin, Luscinia cyane
- Genus Erithacus - paraphyletic
- European Robin, Erithacus rubecula
- Tenerife Robin, Erithacus (rubecula) superbus
- Japanese Robin, Erithacus akahige - belongs in new genus
- Ryūkyū Robin, Erithacus komadori - belongs in new genus
- European Robin, Erithacus rubecula
- Genus Irania
- White-throated Robin, Irania gutturalis
- Genus Saxicola, bushchats and stonechats
- Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra
- Stoliczka's Bushchat or White-browed Bushchat, Saxicola macrorhyncha
- Hodgson's Bushchat or White-throated Bushchat, Saxicola insignis
- Fuerteventura Chat or Canary Island Stonechat, Saxicola dacotiae
- Chinijo Chat, Saxicola dacotiae murielae - extinct (early 20th century)
- European Stonechat, Saxicola rubicola - formerly S. torquata rubicola
- Siberian Stonechat or Asian Stonechat, Saxicola maura - formerly S. torquata maura
- African Stonechat, Saxicola torquata
- Réunion Stonechat, Saxicola tectes
- White-tailed Stonechat, Saxicola leucura
- Pied Bushchat, Saxicola caprata
- Jerdon's Bushchat, Saxicola jerdoni
- Grey Bushchat, Saxicola ferrea
- White-bellied Bushchat or Timor Bushchat, Saxicola gutturalis
- Buff-streaked Bushchat, Saxicola bifasciata
- Genus Pogonocichla
- White-starred Robin, Pogonocichla stellata
- Genus Swynnertonia
- Swynnerton's Robin, Swynnertonia swynnertoni
- Genus Stiphrornis
- Forest Robin, Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Genus Xenocopsychus
- Angola Cave Chat, Xenocopsychus ansorgei
- Genus Saxicoloides
- Indian Robin, Saxicoloides fulicata
- Genus Cinclidium
- White-tailed Robin, Cinclidium leucurum
- Sunda Robin, Cinclidium diana
- Blue-fronted Robin, Cinclidium frontale
- Genus Grandala
- Grandala, Grandala coelicolor
- Genus Namibornis
- Herero Chat, Namibornis herero
- Genus Cercomela
- Sicklewing Chat, Cercomela sinuata
- Karoo Chat, Cercomela schlegelii
- Tractrac Chat, Cercomela tractrac
- Familiar Chat, Cercomela familiaris
- Brown-tailed Chat, Cercomela scotocerca
- Indian Chat, Cercomela fusca
- Sombre Chat, Cercomela dubia
- Blackstart, Cercomela melanura
- Moorland Chat, Cercomela sordida
- Genus Myrmecocichla
- Congo Moorchat, Myrmecocichla tholloni
- Northern Anteater-chat, Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Southern Anteater-chat, Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Sooty Chat, Myrmecocichla nigra
- Rueppell's Chat, Myrmecocichla melaena
- White-fronted Black-chat, Myrmecocichla albifrons
- White-headed Black-chat, Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Genus Thamnolaea, cliff chats
- Mocking Cliff-chat, Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- White-winged Cliff-chat, Thamnolaea semirufa
- Genus Pinarornis
- Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- Genus Tarsiger, bush-robins
Other Saxicolinae genera and species are:
- Genus Sheppardia, akalats (9 species)
- Genus Cossyphicula, White-bellied Robin-chat - may belong into Cossypha
- Genus Cossypha, robin-chats (14 species)
- Genus Cichladusa, palm-thrushes (3 species)
- Genus Cercotrichas, scrub-robins or bush-chats (11 species)
- Genus Copsychus, magpie-robins or shamas (7 species)
- Genus Phoenicurus, true redstarts (11 species)
- Genus Enicurus, forktails (7 species)
- Genus Cochoa, cochoas (4 species)
- Genus Oenanthe, wheatears (some 20 species)
- Genus Trichixos, Rufous-tailed Shama
Aberrant redstarts, possibly belonging into this subfamily:
- Genus Chaimarrornis - White-capped Redstart
- Genus Rhyacornis (2 species)
- Genus Hodgsonius - White-bellied Redstart
