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 NT    Canary Islands Chat* Id (Atlas):
    Saxicola dacotiae

Description (10)
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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.
 
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) [XC346441]
     by Tero Linjama from Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, Canary Island, Spain (song)

 
Canary Islands Stonechat (Saxicola dacotiae) [XC855979]
     by id from Barranco de Rio Cabras, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (song)

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. (Montaņa Clara and Allegranza). Extinct.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Canary Islands Chat (Saxicola dacotiae) - 10 files


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