Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra
The bold pale supercilium reliably separates the whinchat from the related stonechat. Because it hides its nest in a hollow on the ground in tall grass and breeds from May to August, it depends on late-mown meadows.
- Group
- Songbirds
- Photos
- 1
- Taken
- 2022
Profile: Whinchat
- Family
- Old World flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
- Size
- approx. 12–14 cm
- Weight
- approx. 15–20 g
- Habitat
- Open, moist to wet meadows, fallow land and field margins with tall herbs, fence posts or scattered bushes as perches.
- Diet
- Insects, worms, snails and spiders, usually hunted from a perch; in autumn also berries, fruit and seeds.
- When to see
- Long-distance migrant: present from about April to September, wintering in tropical Africa south of the Sahara.
Learn more: Wikipedia · NABU (German)