Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Chats Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genera see text Chats are a group of small Old World insectivorous birds formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae. This name is normally applied to the robust ground feeding species found in European and Asian in the subfamily Saxicolini. They come from a large number of genera. Most northern species are strong migrants. Species are: Family: Muscicapidae Subfamily: Saxicolini Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica Siberian Rubythroat, Luscinia calliope\ Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos Indian Bluechat, Luscinia brunneus White-tailed Rubythroat, Luscinia pectoralis Rufous-headed Robin, Luscinia ruficeps Black-throated Blue Robin, Luscinia obscura Firethroat, Luscinia pectardens Siberian Blue Robin, Luscinia cyanea Red-flanked Bluetail, Tarsiger cyanurus Golden Bush-Robin, Tarsiger chrysaeus White-browed Bush-Robin, Tarsiger indicus Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin, Tarsiger hyperythrus Collared Bush-Robin, Tarsiger johnstoniae European Robin, Erithacus rubecula Japanese Robin, Erithacus akahige Ryukyu Robin, Erithacus komadori White-throated Robin, Irania gutturalis Stonechat, Saxicola torquatus Siberian Stonechat, S. (torquatus) maura may be a separate species Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra Fuerteventura Chat, Saxicola dacotiae White-browed Bushchat, Saxicola macrorhyncha White-throated Bushchat, Saxicola insignis African Stonechat, Saxicola torquata Reunion Stonechat, Saxicola tectes White-tailed Stonechat, Saxicola leucura Pied Bushchat, Saxicola caprata Jerdon's Bushchat, Saxicola jerdoni Gray Bushchat, Saxicola ferrea Timor Bushchat, Saxicola gutturalis Buff-streaked Chat, Saxicola bifasciata White-starred Robin, Pogonocichla stellata Swynnerton's Robin, Swynnertonia swynnertoni Forest Robin, Stiphrornis erythrothorax Angola Cave-Chat, Xenocopsychus ansorgei Indian Robin, Saxicoloides fulicata White-tailed Robin, Cinclidium leucurum Sunda Robin, Cinclidium diana Blue-fronted Robin, Cinclidium frontale Grandala, Grandala coelicolor Herero Chat, Namibornis herero Sicklewing Chat, Cercomela sinuata Karoo Chat, Cercomela schlegelii Tractrac Chat, Cercomela tractrac Familiar Chat, Cercomela familiaris Brown-tailed Chat, Cercomela scotocerca Indian Chat, Cercomela fusca Sombre Chat, Cercomela dubia Blackstart, Cercomela melanura Moorland Chat, Cercomela sordida Congo Moorchat, Myrmecocichla tholloni Northern Anteater-Chat, Myrmecocichla aethiops Southern Anteater-Chat, Myrmecocichla formicivora Sooty Chat, Myrmecocichla nigra Rueppell's Chat, Myrmecocichla melaena White-fronted Black-Chat, Myrmecocichla albifrons White-headed Black-Chat, Myrmecocichla arnotti Mocking Cliff-Chat, Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris White-winged Cliff-Chat, Thamnolaea semirufa Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus Other Saxicolini species are dealt with under the following articles: Genus Oenanthe, wheatears Genus Phoenicurus redstarts. Genus Sheppardia, akalats Genus Cossyphicula, robin-chats Genus Cichladusa, palm-thrushes Genus Cercotrichas, scrub-robins, including Rufous Bush Robin Genera Copsychus and Trichixos, magpie-robins and sharmas Genus Enicurus, forktails Genus Cochoa, cochoas This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.