White-tailed Stonechat

Saxicola leucurus (Blyth, 1847)

White-tailed Stonechat, Saxicola leucurus, is a bird of the Oriental Region, breeding in Pakistan and northern India, and belonging to the Muscicapidae. It lives in marshy grassland and similar wet places with tall grass, reeds and tamarisk. The male is marked by a black head, a white collar and a bright rufous breast patch, with dark upperparts and white on the wing coverts and rump. Its key feature is the white inner webs of the outer tail feathers, seen when the tail is spread in flight or on landing.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Pakistan and n India