Fuerteventura Stonechat (Saxicola dacotiae)

Other Names (World)
Fuerteventura Stonechat, Canary Islands Chat, Canary Islands Stonechat, Meade-Waldo's Chat

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
12 - 12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Meade-Waldo, 1889)

Habitat
Rocky hillsides and ravines with shrubby vegetation cover, edges of vegetated lava flows, dry and flowing watercourses, cultivated areas, rural gardens. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Spain (B) (NB).

Fuerteventura, in eastern Canary Is.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat degradation, over-grazing, nest predation by feral cats and other introduced mammals appear to be the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Canary Islands Stonechat (Saxicola) [XC18725]
by Stuart Fisher from Fuerteventura, Spain (call, alarm & contact calls)

Canary Islands Stonechat (Saxicola) [XC855977]
by Mats Rellmar from Barranco de Rio Cabras, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has been treated as a subspecies of Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

dacotiae (Meade-Waldo, 1889) - Canary Islands.
murielae ! Bannerman, 1913 - Formerly Canary Is. (Monta�a Clara and Allegranza). Extinct.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Fuerteventura Stonechat (Saxicola dacotiae) - 10 files

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