Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra

Least Concern

The Whinchat is an Old World flycatcher of European and western Asian breeding areas with African or South Asian wintering regions. It forages from low perches, rocks, shrubs, or open ground, dropping onto insects and other small prey in grassland, desert, scrub, farmland, cliffs, or alpine slopes.

Family

Muscicapidae

Group

Old World Flycatchers

Range

Whinchat Range — Resident or seasonal range in European and western Asian breeding areas with African or South Asian wintering regions

Population

≈ 500K–5M

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