Eastern Finland and northern and eastern European Russia east to Mongolia, eastern Tien Shan and Pakistan; non-breeding south-western and southern Asia.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) [XC809428]
by Ding Li Yong from Almaty, Karasay District, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (call)
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) [XC486316]
by Stanislas Wroza from Slyudyansky District, Irkutskaya oblast', Russian Federation (song)
Subspecies
This taxon currently under review by BirdLife International. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus).
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1833 - Steppes of lower Volga and mouth of Ural River to eastern Caucasus.
variegatus (Gmelin, SG, 1774) - Eastern Caucasus area east to lower R Ural and south to north-western Iran. Non-breeding north-eastern Africa. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus).
maurus (Pallas, 1773) - Eastern Caucasus, south-eastern Turkey and western Iran. central Siberia, central Asia, the Himalayas to western, central China;. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus).
indicus (Blyth, 1847) - North-western and central Himalayas. Non-breeding Pakistan and central India. See also Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus).
przewalskii (Pleske, 1889) - Tibetan Plateau east to central China, south to north-eastern Myanmar and Indochina. Non-breeding northern and north-eastern India east to south-eastern China and south-eastern Asia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus).
stejnegeri (Parrot, 1908) - Eastern Siberia east to Anadyrland, south to eastern Mongolia, north-eastern China, Korea and Japan. Non-breeding eastern and south-eastern Asia (south to Malay Peninsula). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Stejneger's Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet