common stonechat

Common stonechat is the name used for the Saxicola species Saxicola torquatus when this is treated in its broad sense.

It is, however, now more widely considered to be a superspecies consisting of several related but distinct species,IOC [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-chats.html World Bird List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029153005/http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-chats.html |date=2019-10-29 }} and references cited therein which are outwardly fairly similar but genetically distinct and replacing each other geographically without significant hybridisation:Urquhart, E., & Bowley, A. (2002): Stonechats. A Guide to the Genus Saxicola. Christopher Helm, London. {{ISBN|0-7136-6024-4}}Woog, F., Wink, M., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Gonzalez, J., & Helm, B. (2008). Distinct taxonomic position of the Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola torquatus sibilla) revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA. J. Ornithol. 149: 423–430. [https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10336-008-0290-1 Full text]{{ cite journal | last1=Zink | first1=R.M. | last2=Pavlova | first2=A. | last3=Drovetski | first3=S. | last4=Wink | first4=M. | last5=Rohwer | first5=S. | year=2009 | title= Taxonomic status and evolutionary history of the Saxicola torquata complex | journal= Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=52 | issue=3 | pages=769–773 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.016 | pmid=19464380 | bibcode=2009MolPE..52..769Z | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26236014 }} See also: {{ cite journal | last1=Zink | first1=R.M. | last2=Pavlova | first2=A. | last3=Drovetski | first3=S. | last4=Wink | first4=M. | last5=Rohwer | first5=S. | year=2010 | title=Corrigendum to "Taxonomic status and evolutionary history of the Saxicola torquata complex" | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=57 | issue=1 | pages=481–482 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.032 }}

African stonechat Saxicola torquatus in the strict sense
European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
Siberian stonechat Saxicola maurus
Amur stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
Madagascar stonechat Saxicola sibilla

Three other species, not previously included within the broad view of common stonechat, have also been shown to be members of the superspecies:Illera, J. C., Richardson, D. S., Helm, B., Atienza, J. C., & Emerson, B. C. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and speciation in the avian genus Saxicola. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 1145–1154. [http://www.ipna.csic.es/departamentos/agro/eei/images/M_images/Publicaciones_pdf/2008/SMPE-48-1145-2008.pdf Full text.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924102956/http://www.ipna.csic.es/departamentos/agro/eei/images/M_images/Publicaciones_pdf/2008/SMPE-48-1145-2008.pdf |date=2010-09-24 }}

Fuerteventura chat Saxicola dacotiae
Reunion stonechat Saxicola tectes
White-tailed stonechat Saxicola leucurus

Species status possible, but not yet verified:

Ethiopian stonechat Saxicola (torquatus) albofasciatus

Not all of the above are currently recognised as full species by all of the relevant taxonomical authorities, for example the British Ornithologists' Union,{{Cite web |url=http://www.bou.org.uk/thebritishlist/British%20List%202010%2008%2031.pdf |title=The British List |access-date=2010-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720075636/http://www.bou.org.uk/thebritishlist/British%20List%202010%2008%2031.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }} currently include stejnegeri as a subspecies of Saxicola maurus. BOU Records Committee [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01155.x/pdf], September 2011.

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Category:Saxicola